Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/süli

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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

From Proto-Uralic *süle. Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëlë.

Noun

*süli

  1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)
    Synonym: *üskä
  2. open arms
  3. fathom

Inflection

Inflection of *süli
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *süli *sület
accusative *sülen *sület
genitive *sülen *sülden
*süliden
partitive *sültä *sülidä
inessive *sülessä
*sülehnä 		*sülissä
*sülihnä
elative *sülestä *sülistä
illative *sülehen *sülihen
adessive *sülellä *sülillä
ablative *süleltä *süliltä
allative *sülelen
*sülelek 		*sülilen
*sülilek
essive *süllä *sülinä
translative *süleksi *süliksi
instructive *sülen *sülin
comitative *süllek *sülinek
abessive *sülettä *sülittä

Descendants

Further reading

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