Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säünä-

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *säwnä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *sievnë and Hungarian őn.

Noun

*säünä-

  1. ide (Leuciscus idus)

Descendants

From *säünä-:

  • Estonian: säinas
  • Finnish: säynäs, säynävä
  • Livvi: säyny
  • Ludian: säünäg
  • Veps: säunaz
  • Võro: säünäs
  • Votic: säünez

From *säüne-:

  • Finnish: säyne
  • Ingrian: säyne, säynes
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šäynyä
    • South Karelian: säyniä
  • Votic: (Mati) säüne

Further reading

  • säinas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #886 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*säüne⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)