Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sampi
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śampe (whence Southern Mansi шупу (šupu)). Alternatively, possibly derived from *sambas, or borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian stambus (“large”)).
Noun
edit*sampi
Inflection
editInflection of *sampi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *sampi | *sambët | |
accusative | *sambën | *sambët | |
genitive | *sambën | *sampëdën *sampidën | |
partitive | *sampëda | *sampida | |
inessive | *sambëssa *sambëhna |
*sambissa *sambihna | |
elative | *sambësta | *sambista | |
illative | *sampëhën | *sampihën | |
adessive | *sambëlla | *sambilla | |
ablative | *sambëlta | *sambilta | |
allative | *sampëlën *sampëlëk |
*sampilën *sampilëk | |
essive | *sampëna | *sampina | |
translative | *sambëksi | *sambiksi | |
instructive | *sambën | *sambin | |
comitative | *sampënëk | *sampinëk | |
abessive | *sambëtta | *sambitta |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: sampi
From *sampa:
- Estonian: samb
Further reading
edit- “samb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #932 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.