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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viikko
 | 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
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᚲᛟ (*wiko), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.
Noun
*viikko
- week
- long time
Inflection
Inflection of *viikko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *viikko | *viik'ot | |
| accusative | *viik'on | *viik'ot | |
| genitive | *viik'on | *viikkoden *viikkoiden | |
| partitive | *viikkoda | *viikkoida | |
| inessive | *viik'ossa *viik'ohna | *viik'oissa *viik'oihna | |
| elative | *viik'osta | *viik'oista | |
| illative | *viikkohen | *viikkoihen | |
| adessive | *viik'olla | *viik'oilla | |
| ablative | *viik'olta | *viik'oilta | |
| allative | *viikkolen *viikkolek | *viikkoilen *viikkoilek | |
| essive | *viikkona | *viikkoina | |
| translative | *viik'oksi | *viik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *viik'on | *viik'oin | |
| comitative | *viikkonek | *viikkoinek | |
| abessive | *viik'otta | *viik'oitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: viikko
- Ingrian: viikko
- Karelian: viikko
- Livvi: viikko
- Ludian: viikon
- Votic: viikko
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “viikko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN