Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saari

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

Etymology

Unknown, possibly a substrate loan.

Noun

*saari

1. island

Inflection

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

• *salo (“island, forest”)

Derived terms

• *saarëlainën

Descendants

• Estonian: saar
  • → Latvian: sāris
• Finnish: saari
• Ingrian: saari
• Karelian: soari
• Livonian: sǭr
• Livvi: suari
• Ludian: suar'
• Veps: sar'
• Võro: saar'
• Votic: saari

References

• “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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN