Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sagarva
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *čeavrēs, which has been considered a substrate loan.
Noun
*sagarva
Inflection
Inflection of *sagarva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sagarva | *sagarvat | |
| accusative | *sagarvan | *sagarvat | |
| genitive | *sagarvan | *sagarvadën *sagarvoidën | |
| partitive | *sagarvata | *sagarvoita | |
| inessive | *sagarvassa *sagarvahna |
*sagarvoissa *sagarvoihna | |
| elative | *sagarvasta | *sagarvoista | |
| illative | *sagarvasën | *sagarvoisën | |
| adessive | *sagarvalla | *sagarvoilla | |
| ablative | *sagarvalta | *sagarvoilta | |
| allative | *sagarvalën *sagarvalëk |
*sagarvoilën *sagarvoilëk | |
| essive | *sagarvana | *sagarvoina | |
| translative | *sagarvaksi | *sagarvoiksi | |
| instructive | *sagarvan | *sagarvoin | |
| comitative | *sagarvanëk | *sagarvoinëk | |
| abessive | *sagarvatta | *sagarvoitta | |
Descendants
From *sagarva:
- Finnish: (dialectal) saarva
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šoarva
- South Karelian: soarva , sagarvo
- Livonian: sa’grõb
- Livvi: sagarvo
- Ludian: sagarv
- Veps: sagarv
- Võro: saarva
From *sagarma(s):
From *sagukkoi:
- Finnish: saukko, (dialectal) saukoi
Further reading
- “saarmas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “saarva”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sagar⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)