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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sonni

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly related to Komi-Zyrian чань (ćań, foal) and Udmurt чуньы (ćuńy, foal).

Noun

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*sonni[1]

  1. bull

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: sõnn
  • Finnish: sonni
  • Livonian: (Salaca) sonn
  • Latvian: sonnis
  • Võro: synn'

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sonni”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • sõnn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012