Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sija
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëjē, both borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stiją (whence English sty).
Noun
[edit]*sija
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *sija
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *sija | *sijat | |
accusative | *sijan | *sijat | |
genitive | *sijan | *sijadën *sijoidën | |
partitive | *sijada | *sijoida | |
inessive | *sijassa *sijahna |
*sijoissa *sijoihna | |
elative | *sijasta | *sijoista | |
illative | *sijahën | *sijoihën | |
adessive | *sijalla | *sijoilla | |
ablative | *sijalta | *sijoilta | |
allative | *sijalën *sijalëk |
*sijoilën *sijoilëk | |
essive | *sijana | *sijoina | |
translative | *sijaksi | *sijoiksi | |
instructive | *sijan | *sijoin | |
comitative | *sijanëk | *sijoinëk | |
abessive | *sijatta | *sijoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: sija
- Ingrian: siha, sija
- Karelian: sija, šija
- Livvi: sija
- Ludian: šija
- Veps: sija
- Votic: siha
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sija”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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