Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saksi

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-Permic *säksä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *sāksē.

Noun

*saksi[1]

  1. dirt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šuakši
    • South Karelian: suaksi
  • Livvi: suaksi

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*saksi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.