Unknown, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda. At times a root *soka (“filth”) has been posited. For the semantics "filth" > "blind", compare how Proto-Germanic *blindaz (“blind”) was derived from *blandaną (“to make murky”).
*sokëda[1]
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *sokëda | *sokëdat | |
accusative | *sokëdan | *sokëdat | |
genitive | *sokëdan | *sokëdadën *sokëdëidën | |
partitive | *sokëdata | *sokëdëita | |
inessive | *sokëdassa *sokëdahna |
*sokëdëissa *sokëdëihna | |
elative | *sokëdasta | *sokëdëista | |
illative | *sokëdasën | *sokëdëisën | |
adessive | *sokëdalla | *sokëdëilla | |
ablative | *sokëdalta | *sokëdëilta | |
allative | *sokëdalën *sokëdalëk |
*sokëdëilën *sokëdëilëk | |
essive | *sokëdana | *sokëdëina | |
translative | *sokëdaksi | *sokëdëiksi | |
instructive | *sokëdan | *sokëdëin | |
comitative | *sokëdanëk | *sokëdëinëk | |
abessive | *sokëdatta | *sokëdëitta |