Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sota

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-Uralic *śoďa.

Noun

*sota^[1]

war, conflict

Inflection

Inflection of *sota

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*sota	*sodat
accusative	*sodan	*sodat
genitive	*sodan	sotadën sotëidën
partitive	*sotada	*sotëida
inessive	sodassa sodahna	sodëissa sodëihna
elative	*sodasta	*sodëista
illative	*sotahën	*sotëihën
adessive	*sodalla	*sodëilla
ablative	*sodalta	*sodëilta
allative	sotalën sotalëk	sotëilën sotëilëk
essive	*sotana	*sotëina
translative	*sodaksi	*sodëiksi
instructive	*sodan	*sodëin
comitative	*sotanëk	*sotëinëk
abessive	*sodatta	*sodëitta

Derived terms

*sotidak

Descendants

Estonian: sõda
Finnish: sota
- → Northern Sami: soahti
- → Inari Sami: suáti
Ingrian: sota
Karelian:
- North Karelian: šota
- South Karelian: soda
Livonian: suodā
Võro: sõda
Votic: sõta
→ Old Norse: sóta (“struggle”)

References

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

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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

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

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