Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/savi

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 reconstructions

  • *sauvi, *savvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe. Cognate with Proto-Mordvinic *śovəń.[1]

Noun

*savi

  1. clay

Inflection

Inflection of *savi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *savi *savët
accusative *savën *savët
genitive *savën *savëdën
*savidën
partitive *savëda *savida
inessive *savëssa
*savëhna 		*savissa
*savihna
elative *savësta *savista
illative *savëhën *savihën
adessive *savëlla *savilla
ablative *savëlta *savilta
allative *savëlën
*savëlëk 		*savilën
*savilëk
essive *savëna *savina
translative *savëksi *saviksi
instructive *savën *savin
comitative *savënëk *savinëk
abessive *savëtta *savitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: savi
  • Finnish: savi
  • Ingrian: savi
  • Karelian: savi
  • Livonian: sä’uv
  • Livvi: savi
  • Ludian: savi
  • Veps: savi
  • Võro: savi
  • Votic: savi, savvi

References

  1. ^ “savi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Further reading

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