Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soova
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed either from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian stāvs (“stature, storey”), Lithuanian stovas (“rack, stand”)), or less likely, from Proto-Germanic *stōō.
Noun
[edit]*soova
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *soova
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *soova | *soovat | |
accusative | *soovan | *soovat | |
genitive | *soovan | *soovadën *soovëidën | |
partitive | *soovada | *soovëida | |
inessive | *soovassa *soovahna |
*soovëissa *soovëihna | |
elative | *soovasta | *soovëista | |
illative | *soovahën | *soovëihën | |
adessive | *soovalla | *soovëilla | |
ablative | *soovalta | *soovëilta | |
allative | *soovalën *soovalëk |
*soovëilën *soovëilëk | |
essive | *soovana | *soovëina | |
translative | *soovaksi | *soovëiksi | |
instructive | *soovan | *soovëin | |
comitative | *soovanëk | *soovëinëk | |
abessive | *soovatta | *soovëitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) sova, soova
- Finnish: suova
- → Northern Sami: suovvi
- Karelian: suova
- Livvi: suovu
- Ludian: suov
- Veps: sova
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “suova”, 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