Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suci
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
According to Koivulehto, from earlier *śunći, from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós (compare Proto-Germanic *hundaz). The proposal remains uncertain, as it requires assuming that loss of *n before *ś (compare *kusi, *osa) took place also before *ć from the palatalization of *t, followed by paradigmatic levelling to the oblique cases; and that in all previously known examples levelling to the opposite direction took place (compare e.g. *kanci, *länci, *onci).
Noun
*suci[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *suci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *suci | *sudët | |
| accusative | *sudën | *sudët | |
| genitive | *sudën | *sut'ën *sucidën | |
| partitive | *sutta | *sucida | |
| inessive | *sudëssa *sudëhna |
*sucissa *sucihna | |
| elative | *sudësta | *sucista | |
| illative | *sutëhën | *sucihën | |
| adessive | *sudëlla | *sucilla | |
| ablative | *sudëlta | *sucilta | |
| allative | *sutëlën *sutëlëk |
*sucilën *sucilëk | |
| essive | *sunna | *sucina | |
| translative | *sudëksi | *suciksi | |
| instructive | *sudën | *sucin | |
| comitative | *sunnëk | *sucinëk | |
| abessive | *sudëtta | *sucitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: susi
- Finnish: susi
- Ingrian: susi
- Karelian: šusi
- Livonian:
- Courland Livonian: su’ž
- Vidzeme Livonian: suiz
- Võro: susi
- Votic: susi
References
- 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