Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saiho
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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]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saigwǭ, *saigǭ (whence dialectal Swedish sega (“rain cloud, mist, trickling water, spring”) and German Wasserseige, Old High German talaseiga).[1]
Noun[edit]
*saiho
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *saiho
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *saiho | *saihot | |
| accusative | *saihon | *saihot | |
| genitive | *saihon | *saihodën *saihoidën | |
| partitive | *saihoda | *saihoida | |
| inessive | *saihossa *saihohna |
*saihoissa *saihoihna | |
| elative | *saihosta | *saihoista | |
| illative | *saihohën | *saihoihën | |
| adessive | *saiholla | *saihoilla | |
| ablative | *saiholta | *saihoilta | |
| allative | *saiholën *saiholëk |
*saihoilën *saihoilëk | |
| essive | *saihona | *saihoina | |
| translative | *saihoksi | *saihoiksi | |
| instructive | *saihon | *saihoin | |
| comitative | *saihonëk | *saihoinëk | |
| abessive | *saihotta | *saihoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: (dialectal) saiho (“water vein, groove, crack, streak, cirrostratus”)
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: saiho (“small rain cloud”)
- Livvi: saiho (“small rain cloud”)
References[edit]
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.