Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarvi
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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 *śarwe (often also reconstructed as *śorwa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥wa, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates within Uralic include Proto-Samic *čoarvē, Hungarian szarv. Doublet of *hirvi, *hirvas.
Noun edit
*sarvi
Inflection edit
Inflection of *sarvi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sarvi | *sarvët | |
| accusative | *sarvën | *sarvët | |
| genitive | *sarvën | *sarvëdën *sarvidën | |
| partitive | *sarvëda | *sarvida | |
| inessive | *sarvëssa *sarvëhna |
*sarvissa *sarvihna | |
| elative | *sarvësta | *sarvista | |
| illative | *sarvëhën | *sarvihën | |
| adessive | *sarvëlla | *sarvilla | |
| ablative | *sarvëlta | *sarvilta | |
| allative | *sarvëlën *sarvëlëk |
*sarvilën *sarvilëk | |
| essive | *sarvëna | *sarvina | |
| translative | *sarvëksi | *sarviksi | |
| instructive | *sarvën | *sarvin | |
| comitative | *sarvënëk | *sarvinëk | |
| abessive | *sarvëtta | *sarvitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: sarv
- Finnish: sarvi
- Ingrian: sarvi
- Karelian: šarvi, sarvi
- Livonian: sǭra, (Salaca) saru
- Livvi: sarvi
- Ludian: sar'v
- Veps: sar'v
- Votic: sarvi
References edit
- “sarv”, 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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN