Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saksi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *säksä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *sāksē.
Noun
*saksi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *saksi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *saksi | *saksët | |
| accusative | *saksën | *saksët | |
| genitive | *saksën | *sastën *saksidën | |
| partitive | *sasta | *saksida | |
| inessive | *saksëssa *saksëhna |
*saksissa *saksihna | |
| elative | *saksësta | *saksista | |
| illative | *saksëhën | *saksihën | |
| adessive | *saksëlla | *saksilla | |
| ablative | *saksëlta | *saksilta | |
| allative | *saksëlën *saksëlëk |
*saksilën *saksilëk | |
| essive | *sassa | *saksina | |
| translative | *saksëksi | *saksiksi | |
| instructive | *saksën | *saksin | |
| comitative | *sassëk | *saksinëk | |
| abessive | *saksëtta | *saksitta | |
Descendants
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šuakši
- South Karelian: suaksi
- Livvi: suaksi
References
- Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.