Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vik'at'ëh
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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
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vikapteš (compare Latvian izkapts).
Noun
*vik'at'ëh[1]
- scythe (farm tool)
Inflection
Inflection of *vik'at'ëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vik'at'ëh | *vik'attëhët | |
| accusative | *vik'attëhën | *vik'attëhët | |
| genitive | *vik'attëhën | *vik'at'ëhtën *vik'attëhidën | |
| partitive | *vik'at'ëhta | *vik'attëhida | |
| inessive | *vik'attëhëssa *vik'attëhëhna |
*vik'attëhissa *vik'attëhihna | |
| elative | *vik'attëhësta | *vik'attëhista | |
| illative | *vik'attëhëhën | *vik'attëhihën | |
| adessive | *vik'attëhëlla | *vik'attëhilla | |
| ablative | *vik'attëhëlta | *vik'attëhilta | |
| allative | *vik'attëhëlën *vik'attëhëlëk |
*vik'attëhilën *vik'attëhilëk | |
| essive | *vik'attëhëna | *vik'attëhina | |
| translative | *vik'attëhëksi | *vik'attëhiksi | |
| instructive | *vik'attëhën | *vik'attëhin | |
| comitative | *vik'attëhënëk | *vik'attëhinëk | |
| abessive | *vik'attëhëtta | *vik'attëhitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vikat
- Finnish: viikate, (dialectal) vikate
- Ingrian: viikate
- Karelian: viikateh, vikateh
- Livonian: vikāt, vikārt
- Livvi: vikateh
- Ludian: vikateh
- Veps: vikateh
- Võro: vikaht', vikat'
- Votic: vikahtõ
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vik̆kat̆tëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “vikat”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012