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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vika

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *vëkē, both possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką.

Noun

*vika

  1. fault, defect, mistake

Inflection
Inflection of *vika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vika *vigat
accusative *vigan *vigat
genitive *vigan *vikadën
*vikoidën
partitive *vikada *vikoida
inessive *vigassa
*vigahna		 *vigoissa
*vigoihna
elative *vigasta *vigoista
illative *vikahën *vikoihën
adessive *vigalla *vigoilla
ablative *vigalta *vigoilta
allative *vikalën
*vikalëk		 *vikoilën
*vikoilëk
essive *vikana *vikoina
translative *vigaksi *vigoiksi
instructive *vigan *vigoin
comitative *vikanëk *vikoinëk
abessive *vigatta *vigoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: viga
  • Finnish: vika
  • Ingrian: vika
  • Karelian: vika (Northern), viga (Southern)
  • Livonian: vigā, viga
  • Livvi: viga
  • Ludian: viga
  • Veps: viga
  • Võro: viga
  • Votic: vika

Further reading
  • “viga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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