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.
| Isogloss | South Estonian | Coastal Finnic | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *čk | tsk | *tk | ||||||||
| *kc, *pc | ts | *ks, *ps | ||||||||
| *kt, *pt | tt | *ht | ||||||||
| 3PS | -∅ | *-pi | ||||||||
| South Estonian | Livonian | Neva Finnic | ||||||||
| *nc | *ns | *nc | *ns | |||||||
| "forest" | *metsa | *metsa | *metsä | ← Baltic *medja | ||||||
| "wall" | *saina | *saina | *seinä | ← Baltic *saina | ||||||
| "hay" | *haina | *haina | *heinä | ← Baltic *šaina | ||||||
| "people" | *haimo | *heimo | ← Baltic *šaima | |||||||
| "thigh" | *raisi | *reisi | ← Baltic *rais | |||||||
| "back" | *sälkä | *sälkä | *selkä | Samic, Mari *selkä | ||||||
| "shoe" | *käŋkä | *käŋkä | *keŋkä | ← Gmc *skeŋka | ||||||
| South Estonian | Livonian | Estonian | Votic | North Finnic | ||||||
| "pole" | *saibas | *taibas | *teibäs | *seibäs | *seibäs | ← Baltic *staibas | ||||
| "to rise" | *nuuse- | *touse- | *noise- | *nouse- | origin unknown | |||||
| *ns | ːs | ːs | *ːs | *ns | NB counterfeeding in Liv. | |||||
| *e_B | ɤ | ɨ | *ɤ | *e | ||||||
| South Estonian | Livonian | Estonian | Votic | West Finnish | Ingrian | Karelian | East Finnish | Veps | ||
| *str | tr | tr | tr | tr | *sr → hr | tr | *sr → zr | tr | *sr → zr | In loanwords only |
| *st | st | st | st | ss | st | ss | ss | st | st | |
| *-P- | -P- | -B- | -B̥- | -P- | -P- | -P- | -P-/-B- | -P- | -B- | |
| *ɑː | ɑː | ɔː | ɑː | ɑː | ɑː | oɑ | uɑ | ɑ | ||
| *æː | æː | æː | eæ | æː | ɑː | eæ | iæ | æ | ||
| *eː | eː | iˑe ~ eː | eː | eː | iɛ / iæ | ie | ie | ie | e | front environment |
| ɤː | ɨː | ɤː | ɤː | iɛ / iɑ | back environment | |||||
| *oː | oː | uˑo ~ oː | oː | oː | uɔ | uo | uo | uo | o | |
