Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sonta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *śonta.
Noun
*sonta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sonta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sonta | *sondat | |
| accusative | *sondan | *sondat | |
| genitive | *sondan | *sontadën *sontëidën | |
| partitive | *sontada | *sontëida | |
| inessive | *sondassa *sondahna |
*sondëissa *sondëihna | |
| elative | *sondasta | *sondëista | |
| illative | *sontahën | *sontëihën | |
| adessive | *sondalla | *sondëilla | |
| ablative | *sondalta | *sondëilta | |
| allative | *sontalën *sontalëk |
*sontëilën *sontëilëk | |
| essive | *sontana | *sontëina | |
| translative | *sondaksi | *sondëiksi | |
| instructive | *sondan | *sondëin | |
| comitative | *sontanëk | *sontëinëk | |
| abessive | *sondatta | *sondëitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: sonta
- → Karelian:
- North Karelian: šonta
- South Karelian: šonda
- → Northern Sami: soandi
- → Karelian:
From *sondikko:
- Estonian: sõnnik
- Võro: sõnnik
Further reading
- “sõnnik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1569 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sonta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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