Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sota

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śoďa.

Noun

*sota

1. war, conflict

Inflection

Inflection of *sota

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sota	*sodat
accusative		*sodan	*sodat
genitive		*sodan	*sotadën *sotëidën
partitive		*sotada	*sotëida
inessive		*sodassa *sodahna	*sodëissa *sodëihna
elative		*sodasta	*sodëista
illative		*sotahën	*sotëihën
adessive		*sodalla	*sodëilla
ablative		*sodalta	*sodëilta
allative		*sotalën *sotalëk	*sotëilën *sotëilëk
essive		*sotana	*sotëina
translative		*sodaksi	*sodëiksi
instructive		*sodan	*sodëin
comitative		*sotanëk	*sotëinëk
abessive		*sodatta	*sodëitta

Derived terms

• *sotidak

Descendants

• Estonian: sõda
• Finnish: sota
  • → Northern Sami: soahti
  • → Inari Sami: soati
• Ingrian: sota
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šota
  • South Karelian: soda
• Livonian: suodā
• Võro: sõda
• Votic: sõta
• → Old Norse: sóta (“struggle”)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN