Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suku

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

*suke- +‎ *-u; the root is cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami sohka) and also found in *sugët'ak. Further etymology uncertain; has been proposed to be an Indo-European borrowing (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewH-).

Noun

*suku[1]

  1. kin, extended family

Inflection

Inflection of *suku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *suku *sugut
accusative *sugun *sugut
genitive *sugun *sukudën
*sukuidën
partitive *sukuda *sukuida
inessive *sugussa
*suguhna 		*suguissa
*suguihna
elative *sugusta *suguista
illative *sukuhën *sukuihën
adessive *sugulla *suguilla
ablative *sugulta *suguilta
allative *sukulën
*sukulëk 		*sukuilën
*sukuilëk
essive *sukuna *sukuina
translative *suguksi *suguiksi
instructive *sugun *suguin
comitative *sukunëk *sukuinëk
abessive *sugutta *suguitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: sugu
  • Finnish: suku
  • Ingrian: suku
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: suku
    South Karelian: sugu
  • Livonian: su’g
  • Livvi: sugu
  • Veps: sugu
  • Võro: sugu
  • Votic: suku
  • → Latvian: suga

References

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

Further reading

  • “sugu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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