Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/icek

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

Alternative forms

• *iccek

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *iće +‎ *-ek. Related to Proto-Samic *jiečë, Proto-Mordvinic *eś.

Pronoun

*icek

1. self

Descendants

• Estonian: ise
• Finnish: itse
• Ingrian: itse
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: iče
  • South Karelian: iče
• Livonian: ī’ž
• Livvi: iče
• Ludian: iče
• Veps: iče
• Võro: ess', es', esiq
• Votic: ize

Further reading

• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*isek”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)