Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sii
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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 earlier *siji, from Proto-Uralic *śiŋe.
Noun
Inflection
Inflection of *sii
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sii | *siit | |
| accusative | *siin | *siit | |
| genitive | *siin | *siiden *siiden | |
| partitive | *siitä | *siitä | |
| inessive | *siissä *siihnä |
*siissä *siihnä | |
| elative | *siistä | *siistä | |
| illative | *siisen | *siisen | |
| adessive | *siillä | *siillä | |
| ablative | *siiltä | *siiltä | |
| allative | *siilen *siilek |
*siilen *siilek | |
| essive | *siinä | *siinä | |
| translative | *siiksi | *siiksi | |
| instructive | *siin | *siin | |
| comitative | *siinek | *siinek | |
| abessive | *siittä | *siittä | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sii”, 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
- Entry #967 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.