Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sësar
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *sisar (Northern Finnic)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun[edit]
*sësar
- (Southern Finnic) sister
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *sësar
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sësar | *sësarët | |
| accusative | *sësarën | *sësarët | |
| genitive | *sësarën | *sësardën *sësaridën | |
| partitive | *sësarta | *sësarita | |
| inessive | *sësarëssa *sësarëhna |
*sësarissa *sësarihna | |
| elative | *sësarësta | *sësarista | |
| illative | *sësarësën | *sësarisën | |
| adessive | *sësarëlla | *sësarilla | |
| ablative | *sësarëlta | *sësarilta | |
| allative | *sësarëlën *sësarëlëk |
*sësarilën *sësarilëk | |
| essive | *sësarna | *sësarina | |
| translative | *sësarëksi | *sësariksi | |
| instructive | *sësarën | *sësarin | |
| comitative | *sësarnëk | *sësarinëk | |
| abessive | *sësarëtta | *sësaritta | |
Descendants[edit]
From *sisar (Northern Finnic):
- Finnish: sisar
- Ingrian: sisar, (Soikkola) siar
- Karelian: sisär, sizär
- Livvi: sizär
- Ludian: sizar
- Veps: sizar
Further reading[edit]
- “sõsar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012