Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sitta
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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-Uralic *sitta.
Noun edit
*sitta
Inflection edit
Inflection of *sitta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sitta | *sit'at | |
| accusative | *sit'an | *sit'at | |
| genitive | *sit'an | *sittadën *sittoidën | |
| partitive | *sittada | *sittoida | |
| inessive | *sit'assa *sit'ahna |
*sit'oissa *sit'oihna | |
| elative | *sit'asta | *sit'oista | |
| illative | *sittahën | *sittoihën | |
| adessive | *sit'alla | *sit'oilla | |
| ablative | *sit'alta | *sit'oilta | |
| allative | *sittalën *sittalëk |
*sittoilën *sittoilëk | |
| essive | *sittana | *sittoina | |
| translative | *sit'aksi | *sit'oiksi | |
| instructive | *sit'an | *sit'oin | |
| comitative | *sittanëk | *sittoinëk | |
| abessive | *sit'atta | *sit'oitta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: sitt
- Finnish: (dialectal) sitta
- Ingrian: sitta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (Courland) sitā, (Salaca) sita
- Livvi: šittu
- Ludian: šit
- Veps: sit
- Võro: sitt
- Votic: sittõ
Further reading edit
- “sitt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #901 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.