Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/penikka

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From *peni +‎ *-kka.

Noun

*penikka

1. pup (young dog)

Inflection

Inflection of *penikka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*penikka	*penik'at
accusative		*penik'an	*penik'at
genitive		*penik'an	*penikkadën *penikkoidën
partitive		*penikkata	*penikkoita
inessive		*penik'assa *penik'ahna	*penik'oissa *penik'oihna
elative		*penik'asta	*penik'oista
illative		*penikkasën	*penikkoisën
adessive		*penik'alla	*penik'oilla
ablative		*penik'alta	*penik'oilta
allative		*penikkalën *penikkalëk	*penikkoilën *penikkoilëk
essive		*penikkana	*penikkoina
translative		*penik'aksi	*penik'oiksi
instructive		*penik'an	*penik'oin
comitative		*penikkanëk	*penikkoinëk
abessive		*penik'atta	*penik'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: penikka
• Ingrian: penikka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: penikkä
• Livonian: pi’ņki
• Votic: penikkõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “peni”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN