Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulhainën

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

Possibly derived from *sula (cf. Karelian sula (“gentle, kind, groom”) and Veps sula (“dear”)). Alternatively from Proto-Slavic *sluga, with metathesis. In any case, contains *-inën.

Noun

*sulhainën

1. bridegroom, groom

   Synonym: *ülkä

2. servant

   Synonym: *orja

Inflection

Inflection of *sulhainën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sulhainën	*sulhaicët
accusative		*sulhaicën	*sulhaicët
genitive		*sulhaicën	*sulhaictën *sulhaicidën
partitive		*sulhaicta	*sulhaicita
inessive		*sulhaicëssa *sulhaicëhna	*sulhaicissa *sulhaicihna
elative		*sulhaicësta	*sulhaicista
illative		*sulhaicësën	*sulhaicisën
adessive		*sulhaicëlla	*sulhaicilla
ablative		*sulhaicëlta	*sulhaicilta
allative		*sulhaicëlën *sulhaicëlëk	*sulhaicilën *sulhaicilëk
essive		*sulhainna	*sulhaicina
translative		*sulhaicëksi	*sulhaiciksi
instructive		*sulhaicën	*sulhaicin
comitative		*sulhainnëk	*sulhaicinëk
abessive		*sulhaicëtta	*sulhaicitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sulane
• Finnish: sulhanen
• Ingrian: sulhain
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šulhani
  • South Karelian: šulhane
• Livonian: su’lli
• Livvi: sulhaine
• Ludian: sulhaine
• Võro: sulanõ, sulahanõ
• Votic: (Kattila) sulhanõ
• → Latvian: sulainis

Further reading

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