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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saari
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Origin unknown, possibly from a substrate.
Noun
*saari
- island
Inflection
Inflection of *saari
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *saari | *saaret | |
accusative | *saaren | *saaret | |
genitive | *saaren | *saarden *saariden | |
partitive | *saarta | *saarida | |
inessive | *saaressa *saarehna | *saarissa *saarihna | |
elative | *saaresta | *saarista | |
illative | *saarehen | *saarihen | |
adessive | *saarella | *saarilla | |
ablative | *saarelta | *saarilta | |
allative | *saarelen *saarelek | *saarilen *saarilek | |
essive | *saarna | *saarina | |
translative | *saareksi | *saariksi | |
instructive | *saaren | *saarin | |
comitative | *saarnek | *saarinek | |
abessive | *saaretta | *saaritta |
Derived terms
- *saarelainen
Descendants
- Estonian: saar
- → Latvian: sāris
- Finnish: saari
- Ingrian: saari
- Karelian: soari
- Livonian: sǭr
- Livvi: suari
- Ludian: suar'
- Veps: sar'
- Võro: saar'
- Votic: saari
Synonyms
- *salo (“island, forest”)
References
- saar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN