Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/icä

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ićä.

Noun

*icä

  1. father

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: isa
  • Finnish: isä
  • Ingrian: isä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: izā (Kurzeme), iza (Vidzeme)
  • Livvi: izä, ižä
  • Võro: esä, ezä (Lutsi), jeza (Leivu), jezä (Kraasna)
  • Votic: isä

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*isä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)