Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sala

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 *sala (“to hide, to steal, thief”).

Noun

*sala

1. secret
2. thief

   Synonym: *vargas

Adjective

*sala

1. secret

Inflection

Inflection of *sala

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sala	*salat
accusative		*salan	*salat
genitive		*salan	*saladën *saloidën
partitive		*salada	*saloida
inessive		*salassa *salahna	*saloissa *saloihna
elative		*salasta	*saloista
illative		*salahën	*saloihën
adessive		*salalla	*saloilla
ablative		*salalta	*saloilta
allative		*salalën *salalëk	*saloilën *saloilëk
essive		*salana	*saloina
translative		*salaksi	*saloiksi
instructive		*salan	*saloin
comitative		*salanëk	*saloinëk
abessive		*salatta	*saloitta

Descendants

• Finnish: sala
• Ingrian: sala
• Livonian: salā
• Võro: sala (“spy, thief”)
• Votic: sala-

From *salada (“secretly”):

• Estonian: sala
• Finnish: salaa

Further reading

• “sala”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #871 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.