Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sauva

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 *śawŋa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čāvŋē.

Noun

*sauva[1]

  1. staff, stick

Inflection

Inflection of *sauva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sauva *sauvat
accusative *sauvan *sauvat
genitive *sauvan *sauvadën
*sauvëidën
partitive *sauvada *sauvëida
inessive *sauvassa
*sauvahna 		*sauvëissa
*sauvëihna
elative *sauvasta *sauvëista
illative *sauvahën *sauvëihën
adessive *sauvalla *sauvëilla
ablative *sauvalta *sauvëilta
allative *sauvalën
*sauvalëk 		*sauvëilën
*sauvëilëk
essive *sauvana *sauvëina
translative *sauvaksi *sauvëiksi
instructive *sauvan *sauvëin
comitative *sauvanëk *sauvëinëk
abessive *sauvatta *sauvëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sau
  • Finnish: sauva
  • Ingrian: savva
  • Karelian: sauva
  • Livonian: sovā
  • Ludian: sauv
  • Votic: savvu, savvi, savvõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sauva”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “sau”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #943 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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