Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sappi
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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-Finno-Ugric *säppä. The development *ä-ä > *a-i is found in most applicable words of Uralic or Finno-Ugric pedigree, such as *talvi, *pooli, *loomi, and according to Zhivlov (2014), it is perhaps regular.
Noun
*sappi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sappi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sappi | *sap'ët | |
| accusative | *sap'ën | *sap'ët | |
| genitive | *sap'ën | *sappëdën *sappidën | |
| partitive | *sappëda | *sappida | |
| inessive | *sap'ëssa *sap'ëhna |
*sap'issa *sap'ihna | |
| elative | *sap'ësta | *sap'ista | |
| illative | *sappëhën | *sappihën | |
| adessive | *sap'ëlla | *sap'illa | |
| ablative | *sap'ëlta | *sap'ilta | |
| allative | *sappëlën *sappëlëk |
*sappilën *sappilëk | |
| essive | *sappëna | *sappina | |
| translative | *sap'ëksi | *sap'iksi | |
| instructive | *sap'ën | *sap'in | |
| comitative | *sappënëk | *sappinëk | |
| abessive | *sap'ëtta | *sap'itta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sapp
- Finnish: sappi
- Ingrian: sappi
- Karelian: sappi, šappi
- Livonian: zäp
- Livvi: sappi
- Ludian: sap
- Veps: sap
- Võro: sapp
- Votic: sappi
References
- “sapp”, 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
- Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.