Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sii

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 earlier *siji, from Proto-Uralic *śiŋe.

Noun

*sii

1. timber supporting a roof, located on the lower side

Inflection

Inflection of *sii

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sii	*siit
accusative		*siin	*siit
genitive		*siin	*siiden *siiden
partitive		*siitä	*siitä
inessive		*siissä *siihnä	*siissä *siihnä
elative		*siistä	*siistä
illative		*siisen	*siisen
adessive		*siillä	*siillä
ablative		*siiltä	*siiltä
allative		*siilen *siilek	*siilen *siilek
essive		*siinä	*siinä
translative		*siiksi	*siiksi
instructive		*siin	*siin
comitative		*siinek	*siinek
abessive		*siittä	*siittä

Descendants

• Finnish: sii, ⇒ siihirsi

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sii”, 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
• Entry #967 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.