Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lika

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-Germanic *slīką, *slīkaz (whence Dutch slijk (“mud”) and Old Norse slíkr (“slime”)).

Noun

*lika

  1. dirt, filth, mud

Inflection

Inflection of *lika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lika *ligat
accusative *ligan *ligat
genitive *ligan *likadën
*likoidën
partitive *likada *likoida
inessive *ligassa
*ligahna 		*ligoissa
*ligoihna
elative *ligasta *ligoista
illative *likahën *likoihën
adessive *ligalla *ligoilla
ablative *ligalta *ligoilta
allative *likalën
*likalëk 		*likoilën
*likoilëk
essive *likana *likoina
translative *ligaksi *ligoiksi
instructive *ligan *ligoin
comitative *likanëk *likoinëk
abessive *ligatta *ligoitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: liga, (dialectal) lige
  • Finnish: lika
  • Ingrian: lika
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lika
    • South Karelian: liga
  • Livvi: liga
  • Ludian: lʹiga

See also

Further reading

  • “liga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “lika”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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