Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ssa

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 forms

  • *-hna
  • *-ssä, *-hnä (front vowel harmony)

Etymology

From an internal locative morpheme *-s- + Proto-Uralic *-na (locative suffix), with simplification *-sn- > *-ss-, except in the alternative form *-hna where the *-s- underwent lenition instead. Cognate with Proto-Samic *-snē, Proto-Mordvinic [Term?].

Suffix

*-ssa / *-ssä

  1. Inessive case ending.

Descendants

  • Estonian: -s
  • Finnish: -ssa
  • Ingrian: -s
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: -ssa
    • South Karelian: -ssa
  • Livonian: -š, -šõ, -s, -sõ, -õs, -õsõ
  • Livvi: -s
  • Ludian: -s, -š
  • Veps: -s
  • Votic: -z

From *-hna:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) -hna (South Ostrobothnia)
  • Võro: -n, -hn
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