Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suvi

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 *suŋe.

Noun

*suvi

1. summer

   Synonym: *kesä

2. south

   Synonym: *etelä

Inflection

Inflection of *suvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*suvi	*suvët
accusative		*suvën	*suvët
genitive		*suvën	*suvëdën *suvidën
partitive		*suvëda	*suvida
inessive		*suvëssa *suvëhna	*suvissa *suvihna
elative		*suvësta	*suvista
illative		*suvëhën	*suvihën
adessive		*suvëlla	*suvilla
ablative		*suvëlta	*suvilta
allative		*suvëlën *suvëlëk	*suvilën *suvilëk
essive		*suvëna	*suvina
translative		*suvëksi	*suviksi
instructive		*suvën	*suvin
comitative		*suvënëk	*suvinëk
abessive		*suvëtta	*suvitta

Descendants

• Estonian: suvi (“summer”)
• Finnish: suvi (“summer, south”) (literary or archaic)
• Ingrian: suvi- (in compound: suviruis)
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šuvi (“south”)
  • South Karelian: šuvi (“south”)
• Livonian:
  • Courland Livonian: se'uv, sõv, sõvvõ (“summer”)
  • Vidzeme Livonian: süu, süvva (“summer”)
• Livvi: suvi (“south”)
• Ludian: suvi (“south”)
• Veps: suvi (“south”)
• Võro: suvi (“summer”)
• Votic: suvi (“summer”)