Sǟnag

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Livonian

Etymology

Historically Sounaggen – Latvian Saunags, Livonian Sǟnag. L. Kettunen tentatively links this term to a name of a fish common in Finnic languages: Estonian säinas, säinakas, Finnish säynävä, Veps säungedLucioperca lucioperca . According to Kettunen's dictionary at least in the 20th century there has been no such a word in the Livonian language, however, according to reconstruction it should have been *säunag. Thus it is possible that the name derives from another Finnic language. Perhaps from Estonian. Like in the case of Pitrõg its historical spelling (Sounaggen) likely reflects its Latvian pronunciation.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sǟnag

  1. Saunags (a village in Courland, Latvia)

Usage notes

This term has open space locative forms: allative Sǟnagõlõ, adessive Sǟnagõl, ablative Sǟnagõld.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 220