Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sonsar

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 *ćonča, *ćoča. Cognate with Proto-Mordvinic *čəča-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Noun

*sonsar[1]

  1. flea
    Synonym: *kirppu

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) sonsar, sonsari
  • Livonian: sīezõr  (< *sensär)
  • Livvi: čondžoi
  • Ludian: čondžuoi
  • Veps: sonzar'

References

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

Further reading

  • Entry #68 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sonsar”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN