Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/savu
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe + *-u. Cognates include Proto-Samic *suovë and Moksha сув (suv).
Noun
*savu
Inflection
Inflection of *savu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *savu | *savut | |
| accusative | *savun | *savut | |
| genitive | *savun | *savudën *savuidën | |
| partitive | *savuda | *savuida | |
| inessive | *savussa *savuhna |
*savuissa *savuihna | |
| elative | *savusta | *savuista | |
| illative | *savuhën | *savuihën | |
| adessive | *savulla | *savuilla | |
| ablative | *savulta | *savuilta | |
| allative | *savulën *savulëk |
*savuilën *savuilëk | |
| essive | *savuna | *savuina | |
| translative | *savuksi | *savuiksi | |
| instructive | *savun | *savuin | |
| comitative | *savunëk | *savuinëk | |
| abessive | *savutta | *savuitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: savu
- Ingrian: savvu
- Karelian:
- Livonian: so’v
- Livvi: savvu, savu
- Ludian: savu
- Veps: savu
- Võro: sau
- Votic: savvu
Further reading
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sauvu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
- Entry #1541 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “savu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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