Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ikä

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ikä (age, year).

Noun

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*ikä[1]

  1. age
  2. lifetime

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: iga
  • Finnish: ikä
  • Ingrian: ikä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ikä
    • South Karelian: igä
  • Livonian: (Courland) igā, (Salaca) iga
  • Livvi: igä
  • Ludian: igä, iga
  • Veps: igä, iga
  • Võro: igä
  • Votic: itšä
  • Proto-Samic: *ëkē (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ikä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)