Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarna

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śarna (“incantation, speech”). Cognate with Proto-Permic *śɔrńi.

Noun

*sarna[1]

  1. speech
  2. tale, story

Inflection

Inflection of *sarna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sarna *sarnat
accusative *sarnan *sarnat
genitive *sarnan *sarnadën
*sarnoidën
partitive *sarnada *sarnoida
inessive *sarnassa
*sarnahna 		*sarnoissa
*sarnoihna
elative *sarnasta *sarnoista
illative *sarnahën *sarnoihën
adessive *sarnalla *sarnoilla
ablative *sarnalta *sarnoilta
allative *sarnalën
*sarnalëk 		*sarnoilën
*sarnoilëk
essive *sarnana *sarnoina
translative *sarnaksi *sarnoiksi
instructive *sarnan *sarnoin
comitative *sarnanëk *sarnoinëk
abessive *sarnatta *sarnoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: saarna
  • Karelian: soarna
  • Livvi: suarnu
  • Ludian: suarn
  • Veps: sarn
  • ⇒ Votic: saarnalain
  • → Proto-Samic: *sārnē

From *sarnainën:

  • Estonian: sarnane
  • Võro: sarnanõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sarna”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “sarnane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #935 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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