Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-s-

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

Traditionally held to derive from a Uralic lative suffix *-s, but it is uncertain whether such a suffix even existed. Ylikoski (2016) rejects this etymology, and, while he states that more research is needed, posits that the Finno-Samic coaffix could be cognate with the Proto-Samoyedic coaffix *-ntə- (Finno-Samic *-s- < Uralic *(-n) sV(...)- > Samoyedic *-ntə-), perhaps deriving from a Proto-Uralic postpositional noun like *sɜ, in turn perhaps reduced from a Proto-Uralic noun like *sekä, *seke, *sexe meaning “inside, interior”.[1]

Morpheme

*-s-

  1. A morpheme which appears in the internal locative case endings listed as derived terms below.

Derived terms

  • *-sën (illative case ending)
  • *-ssa (inessive case ending)
  • *-sta (elative case ending)

With suffixal gradation into *-h-:

References

  1. ^ Ylikoski, Jussi. The origins of the western Uralic s-cases revisited: historiographical, functional-typological and Samoyedic perspectives. FUF 63: 6–78 (2016)
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