Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sara
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *starrō (whence Old Norse stǫrr), or from earlier Pre-Germanic.
Noun
[edit]*sara
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *sara
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sara | *sarat | |
| accusative | *saran | *sarat | |
| genitive | *saran | *saradën *saroidën | |
| partitive | *sarada | *saroida | |
| inessive | *sarassa *sarahna |
*saroissa *saroihna | |
| elative | *sarasta | *saroista | |
| illative | *sarahën | *saroihën | |
| adessive | *saralla | *saroilla | |
| ablative | *saralta | *saroilta | |
| allative | *saralën *saralëk |
*saroilën *saroilëk | |
| essive | *sarana | *saroina | |
| translative | *saraksi | *saroiksi | |
| instructive | *saran | *saroin | |
| comitative | *saranëk | *saroinëk | |
| abessive | *saratta | *saroitta | |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sara”, 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