Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saari
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, possibly a substrate loan.
Noun edit
*saari
Inflection edit
Inflection of *saari
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *saari | *saarët | |
| accusative | *saarën | *saarët | |
| genitive | *saarën | *saardën *saaridën | |
| partitive | *saarta | *saarida | |
| inessive | *saarëssa *saarëhna |
*saarissa *saarihna | |
| elative | *saarësta | *saarista | |
| illative | *saarëhën | *saarihën | |
| adessive | *saarëlla | *saarilla | |
| ablative | *saarëlta | *saarilta | |
| allative | *saarëlën *saarëlëk |
*saarilën *saarilëk | |
| essive | *saarna | *saarina | |
| translative | *saarëksi | *saariksi | |
| instructive | *saarën | *saarin | |
| comitative | *saarnëk | *saarinëk | |
| abessive | *saarëtta | *saaritta | |
Synonyms edit
- *salo (“island, forest”)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: saar
- → Latvian: sāris
- Finnish: saari
- Ingrian: saari
- Karelian: soari
- Livonian: sǭr
- Livvi: suari
- Ludian: suar'
- Veps: sar'
- Võro: saar'
- Votic: saari
References edit
- “saar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN