Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saalis
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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]Derived from *saadak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix?
Noun
[edit]*saalis
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *saalis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *saalis | *saalihët | |
| accusative | *saalihën | *saalihët | |
| genitive | *saalihën | *saalistën *saalihidën | |
| partitive | *saalista | *saalihita | |
| inessive | *saalihëssa *saalihëhna |
*saalihissa *saalihihna | |
| elative | *saalihësta | *saalihista | |
| illative | *saalihësën | *saalihisën | |
| adessive | *saalihëlla | *saalihilla | |
| ablative | *saalihëlta | *saalihilta | |
| allative | *saalihëlën *saalihëlëk |
*saalihilën *saalihilëk | |
| essive | *saalissa | *saalihina | |
| translative | *saalihëksi | *saalihiksi | |
| instructive | *saalihën | *saalihin | |
| comitative | *saalissëk | *saalihinëk | |
| abessive | *saalihëtta | *saalihitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal, rare) saalis
- Finnish: saalis
- → Northern Sami: sálaš
- Ingrian: saaliin
- Karelian:
- Livvi: suališ
- Ludian: sualiž
- Veps: saliž
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “saalis”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN