Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suiccu

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

Possibly related to Inari Sami sohčeđ (“to puff”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*suiccu

1. smoke

   Synonym: *savu

Inflection

Inflection of *suiccu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*suiccu	*suic'ut
accusative		*suic'un	*suic'ut
genitive		*suic'un	*suiccudën *suiccuidën
partitive		*suiccuda	*suiccuida
inessive		*suic'ussa *suic'uhna	*suic'uissa *suic'uihna
elative		*suic'usta	*suic'uista
illative		*suiccuhën	*suiccuihën
adessive		*suic'ulla	*suic'uilla
ablative		*suic'ulta	*suic'uilta
allative		*suicculën *suicculëk	*suiccuilën *suiccuilëk
essive		*suiccuna	*suiccuina
translative		*suic'uksi	*suic'uiksi
instructive		*suic'un	*suic'uin
comitative		*suiccunëk	*suiccuinëk
abessive		*suic'utta	*suic'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: suits
• Finnish: suitsu (dialectal)
• ⇒ Karelian: šuittša
• Võro: suits
• Votic:
  • Krevinian: suizu

Further reading

• “suits”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012