Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sicka-

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

Possibly akin to Proto-Samic *čëckētēk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*sicka-

1. strip of land to be sowed
2. marker for such an area

Descendants

• Estonian: hitse, site, (dialectal) sitme
• Finnish: sitkain, (dialectal) sitkama, sitka
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: sitkelmö, sikkain
• Livvi: sikkelin
• Ludian: sikloimi
• Veps: sikloita
• Võro: hidsõq

Further reading

• “hitse”, 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), “sitkain”, 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