Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulhainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly derived from *sula (cf. Karelian sula (“gentle, kind, groom”) and Veps sula (“dear”)). Alternatively from Proto-Slavic *sluga, with metathesis. In any case, contains *-inën.
Noun
*sulhainën[1]
- bridegroom, groom
- Synonym: *ülkä
- servant
- Synonym: *orja
Inflection
Inflection of *sulhainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sulhainën | *sulhaicët | |
| accusative | *sulhaicën | *sulhaicët | |
| genitive | *sulhaicën | *sulhaictën *sulhaicidën | |
| partitive | *sulhaicta | *sulhaicita | |
| inessive | *sulhaicëssa *sulhaicëhna |
*sulhaicissa *sulhaicihna | |
| elative | *sulhaicësta | *sulhaicista | |
| illative | *sulhaicësën | *sulhaicisën | |
| adessive | *sulhaicëlla | *sulhaicilla | |
| ablative | *sulhaicëlta | *sulhaicilta | |
| allative | *sulhaicëlën *sulhaicëlëk |
*sulhaicilën *sulhaicilëk | |
| essive | *sulhainna | *sulhaicina | |
| translative | *sulhaicëksi | *sulhaiciksi | |
| instructive | *sulhaicën | *sulhaicin | |
| comitative | *sulhainnëk | *sulhaicinëk | |
| abessive | *sulhaicëtta | *sulhaicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sulane
- Finnish: sulhanen
- Ingrian: sulhain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šulhani
- South Karelian: šulhane
- Livonian: su’lli
- Livvi: sulhaine
- Ludian: sulhaine
- Võro: sulanõ, sulahanõ
- Votic: (Kattila) sulhanõ
- → Latvian: sulainis
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sulha-inën”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “sulane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012