Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nikka

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

Onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Inari Sami njihânjâš) and *ńëkkētēk ("to have hiccups").

Noun

*nikka

1. hiccups

Inflection

Inflection of *nikka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nikka	*nik'at
accusative		*nik'an	*nik'at
genitive		*nik'an	*nikkadën *nikkoidën
partitive		*nikkada	*nikkoida
inessive		*nik'assa *nik'ahna	*nik'oissa *nik'oihna
elative		*nik'asta	*nik'oista
illative		*nikkahën	*nikkoihën
adessive		*nik'alla	*nik'oilla
ablative		*nik'alta	*nik'oilta
allative		*nikkalën *nikkalëk	*nikkoilën *nikkoilëk
essive		*nikkana	*nikkoina
translative		*nik'aksi	*nik'oiksi
instructive		*nik'an	*nik'oin
comitative		*nikkanëk	*nikkoinëk
abessive		*nik'atta	*nik'oitta

Descendants

From *nikka:

• Finnish: nikka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: nikka

From *nikkoi:

• Finnish: (dialectal) nikko
• Ingrian: nikko
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: nikko
• ⇒ Ludian: nikoittada (“to have hiccups”)
• ⇒ Veps: nikištoitta (“to have hiccups”)
• ⇒ Votic: nikotta (“to have hiccups”)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nikka”, 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