Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saibas
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *staipas (whence Latvian stiba and Lithuanian stíebas).
Noun
*saibas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *saibas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *saibas | *saipahët | |
| accusative | *saipahën | *saipahët | |
| genitive | *saipahën | *saibastën *saipahidën | |
| partitive | *saibasta | *saipahita | |
| inessive | *saipahëssa *saipahëhna |
*saipahissa *saipahihna | |
| elative | *saipahësta | *saipahista | |
| illative | *saipahësën | *saipahisën | |
| adessive | *saipahëlla | *saipahilla | |
| ablative | *saipahëlta | *saipahilta | |
| allative | *saipahëlën *saipahëlëk |
*saipahilën *saipahilëk | |
| essive | *saibassa | *saipahina | |
| translative | *saipahëksi | *saipahiksi | |
| instructive | *saipahën | *saipahin | |
| comitative | *saibassëk | *saipahinëk | |
| abessive | *saipahëtta | *saipahitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: seiväs
- → Northern Sami: seaivvas
- Ingrian: seiväs
- Karelian: seiväs
- Livvi: seiväs
- Ludian: šeibäz
- Veps: seibaz, siibaz
- Võro: saibas, saivas
- Votic: seivez
From *taibas:
References
Further reading
- “teivas”, 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), “seiväs”, in 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