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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sisalikko
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From a root *sisal, from Proto-Uralic [Term?]. Cognate with Proto-Samic *teańčëlëŋkēs.
Noun
*sisalikko
- common lizard, viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
Inflection
Inflection of *sisalikko
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sisalikko | *sisalik'ot | |
| accusative | *sisalik'on | *sisalik'ot | |
| genitive | *sisalik'on | *sisalikkoden *sisalikkoiden | |
| partitive | *sisalikkoda | *sisalikkoida | |
| inessive | *sisalik'ossa | *sisalik'oissa | |
| elative | *sisalik'osta | *sisalik'oista | |
| illative | *sisalikkohen | *sisalikkoihen | |
| adessive | *sisalik'olla | *sisalik'oilla | |
| ablative | *sisalik'olta | *sisalik'oilta | |
| allative | *sisalikkolek | *sisalikkoilek | |
| essive | *sisalikkona | *sisalikkoina | |
| translative | *sisalik'oksi | *sisalik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *sisalik'on | *sisalik'oin | |
| comitative | *sisalikkonek | *sisalikkoinek | |
| abessive | *sisalik'okta | *sisalik'oikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sisalik
- Finnish: sisilisko, (archaic, dialectal) sisalisko
- Ingrian: sysälikko
- Karelian: čičiliušku
- Livonian: sižālikki
- Livvi: šižiliuhku
- Ludian: šiželih
- Veps: šižlik
- Võro: sysalik, sisalik
- Votic: süsälikko
Further reading
- sisalik in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #920 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive