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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ikä
 | 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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ikä (“age, year”).
Noun
*ikä
- age
- lifetime
Inflection
Inflection of *ikä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ikä | *igät | |
| accusative | *igän | *igät | |
| genitive | *igän | *ikäden *ikeiden | |
| partitive | *ikädä | *ikeidä | |
| inessive | *igässä *igähnä | *igeissä *igeihnä | |
| elative | *igästä | *igeistä | |
| illative | *ikähen | *ikeihen | |
| adessive | *igällä | *igeillä | |
| ablative | *igältä | *igeiltä | |
| allative | *ikälen *ikälek | *ikeilen *ikeilek | |
| essive | *ikänä | *ikeinä | |
| translative | *igäksi | *igeiksi | |
| instructive | *igän | *igein | |
| comitative | *ikänek | *ikeinek | |
| abessive | *igättä | *igeittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: iga
- Finnish: ikä
- Ingrian: ikä
- Karelian: ikä, igä
- Livonian: (Courland) igā, (Salaca) iga
- Livvi: igä
- Ludian: igä, iga
- Veps: igä, iga
- Võro: igä
- Votic: itšä
- → Proto-Samic: *ëkē (see there for further descendants)