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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:

From *nikkoi:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) nikko
  • Ingrian: nikko
  • Karelian:
  • ⇒ 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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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