Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sëpra
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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
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian sēbrs (“friend”), Lithuanian sėbras (“companion”)).
Noun
*sëpra[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sëpra
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sëpra | *sëprat | |
| accusative | *sëpran | *sëprat | |
| genitive | *sëpran | *sëpradën *sëproidën | |
| partitive | *sëprada | *sëproida | |
| inessive | *sëprassa *sëprahna |
*sëproissa *sëproihna | |
| elative | *sëprasta | *sëproista | |
| illative | *sëprahën | *sëproihën | |
| adessive | *sëpralla | *sëproilla | |
| ablative | *sëpralta | *sëproilta | |
| allative | *sëpralën *sëpralëk |
*sëproilën *sëproilëk | |
| essive | *sëprana | *sëproina | |
| translative | *sëpraksi | *sëproiksi | |
| instructive | *sëpran | *sëproin | |
| comitative | *sëpranëk | *sëproinëk | |
| abessive | *sëpratta | *sëproitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sõber
- → Livonian: sõbrā
- Finnish: seura
- Ingrian: sebra
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (archaic) sü'br
- Livvi: siebru
- Ludian: siebr
- Veps: sebr
- Võro: sõpr, sõbõr
- Votic: sõbrõ
- → Proto-Samic: *seaprē
References
Further reading
- “sõber”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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