Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suvi
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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]From Proto-Uralic *suŋe.[1]
Noun
[edit]*suvi[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *suvi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *suvi | *suvët | |
| accusative | *suvën | *suvët | |
| genitive | *suvën | *suvëdën *suvidën | |
| partitive | *suvëda | *suvida | |
| inessive | *suvëssa *suvëhna |
*suvissa *suvihna | |
| elative | *suvësta | *suvista | |
| illative | *suvëhën | *suvihën | |
| adessive | *suvëlla | *suvilla | |
| ablative | *suvëlta | *suvilta | |
| allative | *suvëlën *suvëlëk |
*suvilën *suvilëk | |
| essive | *suvëna | *suvina | |
| translative | *suvëksi | *suviksi | |
| instructive | *suvën | *suvin | |
| comitative | *suvënëk | *suvinëk | |
| abessive | *suvëtta | *suvitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: suvi (“summer”)
- Finnish: suvi (“summer, south”) (literary or archaic)
- Ingrian: (obsolete) suvi (“summer”)
- Karelian:
- Livonian: sõ’v (“summer”), sõ’vvõ, (Salaca) süu
- Livvi: suvi (“south”)
- Ludian: suvi (“south”)
- Veps: suvi (“south”)
- Võro: suvi (“summer”)
- Votic: suvi (“summer”)
References
[edit]- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “suvi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*suvi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “suvi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (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