From Proto-Finnic *mancik'as. Cognate to Finnish mansikka, Karelian mandžoi and Veps manźikäińe. Possibly derived from mander (“continent”). Compare German Erdbeere and Latvian zemene, both from their respective words for earth.
maasikas (genitive maasika, partitive maasikat)
| Declension of maasikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maasikas | maasikad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | maasika | ||
| genitive | maasikate | ||
| partitive | maasikat | maasikaid | |
| illative | maasikasse | maasikatesse maasikaisse | |
| inessive | maasikas | maasikates maasikais | |
| elative | maasikast | maasikatest maasikaist | |
| allative | maasikale | maasikatele maasikaile | |
| adessive | maasikal | maasikatel maasikail | |
| ablative | maasikalt | maasikatelt maasikailt | |
| translative | maasikaks | maasikateks maasikaiks | |
| terminative | maasikani | maasikateni | |
| essive | maasikana | maasikatena | |
| abessive | maasikata | maasikateta | |
| comitative | maasikaga | maasikatega | |