Finnic languages/isoglosses

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After Viitso 2000: Finnic affinity (among other things)

A ~ B marks conditional developments; A, B marks dialectal developments.

Old changes

South Estonian Livonian Gulf Finnic
*tk kk kk tk (Liv. OR)
*ðk kk tk tk SE/Liv. only *pið-ka "long", *iðke- "cry"
*čk tsk tk tk
*kc, *pc ts *ks, *ps *ks, *ps
*kt, *pt tt *ht / V[+STR]_, *tt / V[-STR]_ Probably common *ht with SE → *tt, *š → *h only later.
3PS -∅ *-pi *-pi
*nc ts *nc *ts Only *onca "forehead"
*nt / _i *nc → ːc *nc *nc → *ns Unless preceded by a coronal obstruent (*tt, *st, *št)
*-ks# -s -ks *-s
*h *h *h Postdates *t → *c / _i
*ai *ai *ai *ei / {l r s š}_
*ai / elsewhere
"forest" *mëtsa *mëtsa *metsä ← Baltic *medja
"excess" *liika *leika *liika vs. Baltic #leika?
"shoe" *känkä *känkä *kenkä ← Gmc *skenka
"back" *sälkä *sälkä *selkä origin unknown; Samic #śeelkä → *ćēlkē, Mari *śel(kä) → *šɪĺə
"nose" *nana *nana *nenä origin unknown; Samic *ńana → *ńōnē
"viburnum" *häicek - *heisi
"7" *säiccen *sä/eiccen *seiccen origin unknown; Samic *śäśəm → *ćēćëm
"knife" *väici *vä/eici *veici ← PU *wänśə / *wenśə?
"girl" *näito *nä/eiccɜt "virgin" *neito, *neitej
(*neiccüt "virgin")
← PU *näjə; cf. Samic *näj-tə → *nējtë
"deep" *civä *tëva *civä ← PU *tiwä

Dialectal period

South Estonian Livonian Estonic North Finnic
*ns ːs ːs *ːs *ns NB *nc counterfeeding in Liv.
*e_B ɤ *ɤ → ɨ *e
South Estonian Livonian Estonian Votic North Finnic
"to rise" *touse- *nuuse- *touse- *noise- *nouse- origin unknown
"to sleep" *nukk- *tukk- *tukku- *nukku- origin unknown; Samic *nukkə- → *nokkë-
"pole" *saibas *taibas *teibäs *seibäs ← Baltic *staibas
"to remember" *moista- *moista- *moista- *muista- ← PU *moja-
South Estonian Livonian Estonian Votic West Finnish East Finnic
Pl. gen. *-ten *-ten *-ten, *-jten *-jten *-ten *-jten
"to go" mine- mine- mene- mene- *mäne- PU *menə-; raising in SE regular
"crow" varõs varīks vares vares, varis *varis possibly related to *-u- → SF -o-?
"hare" jänes Sal. jänds jänes jänes, jänis *jänis
"home" *koto - *koto koto *koti cf. *kota "hut"
"otter" *sagarva *sagarva *sagarmas *sa(g)ukko *sagarva or WF ← *sapa "tail"
South Estonian Livonian Estonian Votic West Finnish Ingrian Karelian East Finnish Veps
*ʦː ts ts ʦː θː, tː ʧː *θː → ht ʦ
*kj kj jg j dʲː ːj ki, gi ːj gj, gdʲ
*kr ʔgr er gr wr kr, gr kr gr
*pr ʔbr pr br pr, br pr br
*tr tr ʔdr tr dr tr tr, dr tr dr in loanwords only
*str *sr → hr sr, zr *sr → zr
*st st st st st st st
*rg r rg r r r ~ rj r r, rr r rg similarly for *lg
*-P- -P- -B- -B̥- -P- -P- -P- -P-, -B- -P- -B-
*Iː I, Iː long close vowels *iː *yː *uː
*ɑː ɑː ɔː ɑː, oɑ ɑː ɑː ɑː ɑ
*æː æː æː æː, eæ æː æː æː æ
*oː uˑo ~ oː uɔ, uɑ oː ? ← *uo uo uo o Possibly secondary monofthongization in Estonian, Votic, Ingrian (as *ugo → oː etc.)
*øː øː iˑe ~ eː øː øː yœ, yæ øː ? ← *yø ø
*eː iɛ, iæ eː ? ← *ie ie ie e front environment
ɤː ɨː ɤː ɤː iɛ, iɑ back environment