Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ehkä

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

Probably from *e- +‎ *-hkä.

Adverb

*ehkä

1. perhaps, maybe

Descendants

• Estonian: ehk
• Finnish: ehkä
• Ingrian: ehkä
• Võro: ehk

From *ehki:

• Ingrian: ehki
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ehki
  • South Karelian: ehki
• Livvi: ehki
• Ludian: ehki
• Votic: ehtši

Further reading

• “ehk”, 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), “ehkä”, 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