Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarni

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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-Permic *särńä, whence also Eastern Mari шертне (šertńe) and Western Mari шӓртньы (šärtńy). Possibly ultimately borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*sarni

  1. common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Inflection

Descendants

From *sarni:

  • Estonian: saar
  • Finnish: saarni
  • Ingrian: saarni
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Mati, Pummala) saarni

From *sarnë-:

From *sarna:

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sarna-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)
  • saar”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012