Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sala

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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 *sala (“to hide, to steal, thief”).

Noun

*sala[1]

  1. secret
  2. thief
    Synonym: *vargas

Adjective

*sala[1]

  1. secret

Inflection

Inflection of *sala
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sala *salat
accusative *salan *salat
genitive *salan *saladën
*saloidën
partitive *salada *saloida
inessive *salassa
*salahna 		*saloissa
*saloihna
elative *salasta *saloista
illative *salahën *saloihën
adessive *salalla *saloilla
ablative *salalta *saloilta
allative *salalën
*salalëk 		*saloilën
*saloilëk
essive *salana *saloina
translative *salaksi *saloiksi
instructive *salan *saloin
comitative *salanëk *saloinëk
abessive *salatta *saloitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: sala
  • Ingrian: sala
  • Livonian: salā
  • Võro: sala (“spy, thief”)
  • Votic: sala-

From *salada (“secretly”):

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sala”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “sala”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #871 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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