Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sauva
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čāvŋē.
Noun
edit*sauva
Inflection
editInflection of *sauva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sauva | *sauvat | |
| accusative | *sauvan | *sauvat | |
| genitive | *sauvan | *sauvadën *sauvëidën | |
| partitive | *sauvada | *sauvëida | |
| inessive | *sauvassa *sauvahna |
*sauvëissa *sauvëihna | |
| elative | *sauvasta | *sauvëista | |
| illative | *sauvahën | *sauvëihën | |
| adessive | *sauvalla | *sauvëilla | |
| ablative | *sauvalta | *sauvëilta | |
| allative | *sauvalën *sauvalëk |
*sauvëilën *sauvëilëk | |
| essive | *sauvana | *sauvëina | |
| translative | *sauvaksi | *sauvëiksi | |
| instructive | *sauvan | *sauvëin | |
| comitative | *sauvanëk | *sauvëinëk | |
| abessive | *sauvatta | *sauvëitta | |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: sau
- Finnish: sauva
- Ingrian: savva
- Karelian: sauva
- Livonian: sovā
- Ludian: sauv
- Votic: savvu, savvi, savvõ
Further reading
edit- “sau”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #943 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.