Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ssa

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

Alternative forms

• *-hna
• *-ssä, *-hnä (front vowel harmony)

Etymology

From an internal locative morpheme *-s- + Proto-Uralic *-na (locative suffix), with simplification *-sn- > *-ss-, except in the alternative form *-hna where the *-s- underwent lenition instead. Cognate with Proto-Samic *-snē, Proto-Mordvinic [Term?].

Suffix

*-ssa / *-ssä

1. Inessive case ending.

Descendants

• Estonian: -s
• Finnish: -ssa
• Ingrian: -s
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: -ssa
  • South Karelian: -ssa
• Livonian: -š, -šõ, -s, -sõ, -õs, -õsõ
• Livvi: -s
• Ludian: -s, -š
• Veps: -s
• Votic: -z

From *-hna:

• Finnish: (dialectal) -hna (South Ostrobothnia)
• Võro: -n, -hn