Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sësar

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

Alternative forms

  • *sisar (Northern Finnic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō (*swésōr-), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

*sësar

  1. (Southern Finnic) sister

Inflection

Inflection of *sësar
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sësar *sësarët
accusative *sësarën *sësarët
genitive *sësarën *sësardën
*sësaridën
partitive *sësarta *sësarita
inessive *sësarëssa
*sësarëhna 		*sësarissa
*sësarihna
elative *sësarësta *sësarista
illative *sësarësën *sësarisën
adessive *sësarëlla *sësarilla
ablative *sësarëlta *sësarilta
allative *sësarëlën
*sësarëlëk 		*sësarilën
*sësarilëk
essive *sësarra *sësarina
translative *sësarëksi *sësariksi
instructive *sësarën *sësarin
comitative *sësarrëk *sësarinëk
abessive *sësarëtta *sësaritta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõsar
  • Livonian: sõzār
  • Võro: sysar'
  • Votic: sõzar

From *sisar (Northern Finnic):

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sisar”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “sõsar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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