Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sonni

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

Unknown. Possibly related to Komi-Zyrian чань (ćań, “foal”) and Udmurt чуньы (ćuńy, “foal”).

Noun

*sonni[1]

  1. bull

Inflection

Inflection of *sonni
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sonni *sonnit
accusative *sonnin *sonnit
genitive *sonnin *sonnidën
*sonnëjidën
partitive *sonnida *sonnëjita
inessive *sonnissa
*sonnihna 		*sonnëjissa
*sonnëjihna
elative *sonnista *sonnëjista
illative *sonnihën *sonnëjisën
adessive *sonnilla *sonnëjilla
ablative *sonnilta *sonnëjilta
allative *sonnilën
*sonnilëk 		*sonnëjilën
*sonnëjilëk
essive *sonnina *sonnëjina
translative *sonniksi *sonnëjiksi
instructive *sonnin *sonnëjin
comitative *sonninëk *sonnëjinëk
abessive *sonnitta *sonnëjitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõnn
  • Finnish: sonni
  • Livonian: (Salaca) sonn
  • → Latvian: sonnis
  • Võro: synn'

References

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

Further reading

  • “sõnn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.