Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suku
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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]From a root *suke-. Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami sohka). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]*suku[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *suku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *suku | *sugut | |
| accusative | *sugun | *sugut | |
| genitive | *sugun | *sukudën *sukuidën | |
| partitive | *sukuda | *sukuida | |
| inessive | *sugussa *suguhna |
*suguissa *suguihna | |
| elative | *sugusta | *suguista | |
| illative | *sukuhën | *sukuihën | |
| adessive | *sugulla | *suguilla | |
| ablative | *sugulta | *suguilta | |
| allative | *sukulën *sukulëk |
*sukuilën *sukuilëk | |
| essive | *sukuna | *sukuina | |
| translative | *suguksi | *suguiksi | |
| instructive | *sugun | *suguin | |
| comitative | *sukunëk | *sukuinëk | |
| abessive | *sugutta | *suguitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: sugu
- Finnish: suku
- Ingrian: suku
- Karelian:
- Livonian: su’g
- Livvi: sugu
- Veps: sugu
- Võro: sugu
- Votic: suku
- → Latvian: suga
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sugu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012