Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarna
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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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śarna (“incantation, speech”). Cognate with Proto-Permic *śɔrńi.
Noun edit
*sarna
Inflection edit
Inflection of *sarna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sarna | *sarnat | |
| accusative | *sarnan | *sarnat | |
| genitive | *sarnan | *sarnadën *sarnoidën | |
| partitive | *sarnada | *sarnoida | |
| inessive | *sarnassa *sarnahna |
*sarnoissa *sarnoihna | |
| elative | *sarnasta | *sarnoista | |
| illative | *sarnahën | *sarnoihën | |
| adessive | *sarnalla | *sarnoilla | |
| ablative | *sarnalta | *sarnoilta | |
| allative | *sarnalën *sarnalëk |
*sarnoilën *sarnoilëk | |
| essive | *sarnana | *sarnoina | |
| translative | *sarnaksi | *sarnoiksi | |
| instructive | *sarnan | *sarnoin | |
| comitative | *sarnanëk | *sarnoinëk | |
| abessive | *sarnatta | *sarnoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Finnish: saarna
- Karelian: soarna
- Livvi: suarnu
- Ludian: suarn
- Veps: sarn
- ⇒ Votic: saarnalain
- → Proto-Samic: *sārnē
From *sarnainën:
Further reading edit
- “sarnane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #935 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.