Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pika
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fiką (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).
Adjective
[edit]*pika[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *pika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pika | *pigat | |
accusative | *pigan | *pigat | |
genitive | *pigan | *pikadën *pikoidën | |
partitive | *pikada | *pikoida | |
inessive | *pigassa *pigahna |
*pigoissa *pigoihna | |
elative | *pigasta | *pigoista | |
illative | *pikahën | *pikoihën | |
adessive | *pigalla | *pigoilla | |
ablative | *pigalta | *pigoilta | |
allative | *pikalën *pikalëk |
*pikoilën *pikoilëk | |
essive | *pikana | *pikoina | |
translative | *pigaksi | *pigoiksi | |
instructive | *pigan | *pigoin | |
comitative | *pikanëk | *pikoinëk | |
abessive | *pigatta | *pigoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Estonian: pea (“soon; almost”), pigem (“rather”)
- Finnish: pika-, ⇒ pian (“soon”), pikemmin (“rather”)
- ⇒ Ingrian: pikastua (“to suddenly get angry”)
- Livvi: pika (“short-tempered”)
- ⇒ Livonian: pigā (“soon”)
- ⇒ Veps: pigei (“soon”)
- ⇒ Votic: pigaa (“soon”) (Pummala)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pea”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “pika”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN