Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sormus
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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]Noun
[edit]*sormus
- ring (finger ring)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *sormus
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sormus | *sormuksët | |
| accusative | *sormuksën | *sormuksët | |
| genitive | *sormuksën | *sormustën *sormuksidën | |
| partitive | *sormusta | *sormuksita | |
| inessive | *sormuksëssa *sormuksëhna |
*sormuksissa *sormuksihna | |
| elative | *sormuksësta | *sormuksista | |
| illative | *sormuksësën | *sormuksisën | |
| adessive | *sormuksëlla | *sormuksilla | |
| ablative | *sormuksëlta | *sormuksilta | |
| allative | *sormuksëlën *sormuksëlëk |
*sormuksilën *sormuksilëk | |
| essive | *sormussa | *sormuksina | |
| translative | *sormuksëksi | *sormuksiksi | |
| instructive | *sormuksën | *sormuksin | |
| comitative | *sormussëk | *sormuksinëk | |
| abessive | *sormuksëtta | *sormuksitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: sõrmus
- Finnish: sormus
- Ingrian: sormus
- Karelian:
- Livonian:
- Livvi: sormus
- Veps: sormuz
- Võro: sõrmus
- Votic: sõrmuz
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sormi”, 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