Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarvi

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-Finno-Ugric *śarwe (often also reconstructed as *śorwa), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥wa, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates within Uralic include Proto-Samic *čoarvē, Hungarian szarv. Doublet of *hirvi, *hirvas.

Noun

*sarvi

1. horn

Inflection

Inflection of *sarvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sarvi	*sarvët
accusative		*sarvën	*sarvët
genitive		*sarvën	*sarvëdën *sarvidën
partitive		*sarvëda	*sarvida
inessive		*sarvëssa *sarvëhna	*sarvissa *sarvihna
elative		*sarvësta	*sarvista
illative		*sarvëhën	*sarvihën
adessive		*sarvëlla	*sarvilla
ablative		*sarvëlta	*sarvilta
allative		*sarvëlën *sarvëlëk	*sarvilën *sarvilëk
essive		*sarvëna	*sarvina
translative		*sarvëksi	*sarviksi
instructive		*sarvën	*sarvin
comitative		*sarvënëk	*sarvinëk
abessive		*sarvëtta	*sarvitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sarv
• Finnish: sarvi
• Ingrian: sarvi
• Karelian: šarvi, sarvi
• Livonian: sǭra, (Salaca) saru
• Livvi: sarvi
• Ludian: sar'v
• Veps: sar'v
• Votic: sarvi

References

• “sarv”, 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), 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