Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sapa
 |
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]Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *stabara- (whence Lithuanian stabaras (“dried branch”) and Latvian stebere (“cow's tail”)).
Noun
[edit]*sapa[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *sapa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sapa | *sabat | |
| accusative | *saban | *sabat | |
| genitive | *saban | *sapadën *sapoidën | |
| partitive | *sapada | *sapoida | |
| inessive | *sabassa *sabahna |
*saboissa *saboihna | |
| elative | *sabasta | *saboista | |
| illative | *sapahën | *sapoihën | |
| adessive | *saballa | *saboilla | |
| ablative | *sabalta | *saboilta | |
| allative | *sapalën *sapalëk |
*sapoilën *sapoilëk | |
| essive | *sapana | *sapoina | |
| translative | *sabaksi | *saboiksi | |
| instructive | *saban | *saboin | |
| comitative | *sapanëk | *sapoinëk | |
| abessive | *sabatta | *saboitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *sapa:
From *sapara/o:
From *tapara:
- Livonian: tabār
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sapa”, 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