Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sama
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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-Germanic *samaz.
Adjective
*sama[1]
Pronoun
*sama[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sama | *samat | |
| accusative | *saman | *samat | |
| genitive | *saman | *samadën *samoidën | |
| partitive | *samada | *samoida | |
| inessive | *samassa *samahna |
*samoissa *samoihna | |
| elative | *samasta | *samoista | |
| illative | *samahën | *samoihën | |
| adessive | *samalla | *samoilla | |
| ablative | *samalta | *samoilta | |
| allative | *samalën *samalëk |
*samoilën *samoilëk | |
| essive | *samana | *samoina | |
| translative | *samaksi | *samoiksi | |
| instructive | *saman | *samoin | |
| comitative | *samanëk | *samoinëk | |
| abessive | *samatta | *samoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sama
- Finnish: sama
- Ingrian: sama
- Karelian:
- Livvi: sama
- Ludian: sama
- Võro: sama
- Votic: sama
References
Further reading
- “sama”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012