Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saibas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *staipas (whence Latvian stiba and Lithuanian stíebas).

Noun

*saibas

1. pole, stake

Inflection

Inflection of *saibas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*saibas	*saipahët
accusative		*saipahën	*saipahët
genitive		*saipahën	*saibastën *saipahidën
partitive		*saibasta	*saipahita
inessive		*saipahëssa *saipahëhna	*saipahissa *saipahihna
elative		*saipahësta	*saipahista
illative		*saipahësën	*saipahisën
adessive		*saipahëlla	*saipahilla
ablative		*saipahëlta	*saipahilta
allative		*saipahëlën *saipahëlëk	*saipahilën *saipahilëk
essive		*saibassa	*saipahina
translative		*saipahëksi	*saipahiksi
instructive		*saipahën	*saipahin
comitative		*saibassëk	*saipahinëk
abessive		*saipahëtta	*saipahitta

Descendants

• Finnish: seiväs
  • → Northern Sami: seaivvas
• Ingrian: seiväs
• Karelian: seiväs
• Livvi: seiväs
• Ludian: šeibäz
• Veps: seibaz, siibaz
• Võro: saibas, saivas
• Votic: seivez

From *taibas:

• Estonian: teivas
• Livonian: tāibaz

Further reading

• “teivas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “seiväs”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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