Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suu

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-Uralic *śuwe.

Noun

*suu[1]

  1. mouth

Inflection

Inflection of *suu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *suu *suut
accusative *suun *suut
genitive *suun *suudën
*suidën
partitive *suuta *suita
inessive *suussa
*suuhna 		*suissa
*suihna
elative *suusta *suista
illative *suusën *suisën
adessive *suulla *suilla
ablative *suulta *suilta
allative *suulën
*suulëk 		*suilën
*suilëk
essive *suuna *suina
translative *suuksi *suiksi
instructive *suun *suin
comitative *suunëk *suinëk
abessive *suutta *suitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: suu
  • Finnish: suu
  • Ingrian: suu
  • Karelian: šuu
  • Livonian: sū
  • Livvi: suu
  • Ludian: suu
  • Veps: su
  • Võro: suu
  • Votic: suu

References

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