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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćonča, *ćoča. Cognate with Proto-Mordvinic *čəča-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix
Noun
*sonsar
- flea
- Synonym: *kirppu
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*sonsar
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*sonsarët
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accusative
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*sonsarën
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*sonsarët
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genitive
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*sonsarën
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*sonsardën *sonsaridën
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partitive
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*sonsarta
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*sonsarita
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inessive
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*sonsarëssa *sonsarëhna
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*sonsarissa *sonsarihna
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elative
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*sonsarësta
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*sonsarista
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illative
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*sonsarësën
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*sonsarisën
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adessive
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*sonsarëlla
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*sonsarilla
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ablative
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*sonsarëlta
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*sonsarilta
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allative
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*sonsarëlën *sonsarëlëk
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*sonsarilën *sonsarilëk
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essive
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*sonsarra
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*sonsarina
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translative
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*sonsarëksi
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*sonsariksi
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instructive
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*sonsarën
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*sonsarin
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comitative
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*sonsarrëk
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*sonsarinëk
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abessive
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*sonsarëtta
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*sonsaritta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sonsar”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
Further reading
- Entry #68 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sonsar”, 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