Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-s-
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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]Traditionally held to derive from a Uralic lative suffix *-s, but it is uncertain whether such a suffix even existed. Ylikoski (2016) rejects this etymology, and, while he states that more research is needed, posits that the Finno-Samic coaffix could be cognate with the Proto-Samoyedic coaffix *-ntə- (Finno-Samic *-s- < Uralic *(-n) sV(...)- > Samoyedic *-ntə-), perhaps deriving from a Proto-Uralic postpositional noun like *sɜ, in turn perhaps reduced from a Proto-Uralic noun like *sekä, *seke, *sexe meaning “inside, interior”.[1]
Morpheme
[edit]*-s-
- A morpheme which appears in the internal locative case endings listed as derived terms below.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ylikoski, Jussi. The origins of the western Uralic s-cases revisited: historiographical, functional-typological and Samoyedic perspectives. FUF 63: 6–78 (2016)