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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/picku

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

Probably sound-symbolic origin.

Adjective

*picku[1]

  1. tiny, little

Inflection
Inflection of *picku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *picku *pickut
accusative *pickun *pickut
genitive *pickun *pickudën
*pickuidën
partitive *pickuda *pickuida
inessive *pickussa
*pickuhna		 *pickuissa
*pickuihna
elative *pickusta *pickuista
illative *pickuhën *pickuihën
adessive *pickulla *pickuilla
ablative *pickulta *pickuilta
allative *pickulën
*pickulëk		 *pickuilën
*pickuilëk
essive *pickuna *pickuina
translative *pickuksi *pickuiksi
instructive *pickun *pickuin
comitative *pickunëk *pickuinëk
abessive *pickutta *pickuitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ⇒ pisku, pisike
  • Finnish: (obsolete) pisku, ⇒ piskuinen
  • Karelian: ⇒
    • North Karelian: pičukkaini
    • South Karelian: pičukkane
  • Livonian: ⇒ piški
  • Livvi: ⇒ pičukku, pičukkaine
  • Veps: ⇒ pičuine
  • Võro: ⇒ pisokõnõ
  • Votic: ⇒ piški (Kliimettina)

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*picku→”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “pisike”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “piskuinen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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