< Reconstruction:Proto-Mari
Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/ik
 | This Proto-Mari 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-Mari
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| Cardinal : *ik Nominal : *iktə | ||
Etymology
From earlier *ikt, from Proto-Uralic *ükte. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *ükci and Proto-Samic *ëktë.
Numeral
*ik
- one
Descendants
- Eastern Mari: ик (ik)
- Western Mari: ик (ik)
References
- Gábor Bereczki (2013), “ik, ikte”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN
- Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.