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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sakna
 | 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
Cognate with Proto-Samic *suovńē. Possibly a borrowing from early Proto-Germanic *stakna- (later *stakkaz, compare e.g. English stack). LÄGLOS however disputes this.[1]
Noun
*sakna
- sauna
Inflection
Inflection of *sakna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sakna | *saknat | |
| accusative | *saknan | *saknat | |
| genitive | *saknan | *saknaden *saknoiden | |
| partitive | *saknada | *saknoida | |
| inessive | *saknassa *saknahna | *saknoissa *saknoihna | |
| elative | *saknasta | *saknoista | |
| illative | *saknahen | *saknoihen | |
| adessive | *saknalla | *saknoilla | |
| ablative | *saknalta | *saknoilta | |
| allative | *saknalen *saknalek | *saknoilen *saknoilek | |
| essive | *saknana | *saknoina | |
| translative | *saknaksi | *saknoiksi | |
| instructive | *saknan | *saknoin | |
| comitative | *saknanek | *saknoinek | |
| abessive | *saknatta | *saknoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: saun
- Finnish: sauna (see there for further descendants)
- Ingrian: sauna
- Karelian: soakna
- Livonian: sōna
- Votic: saunõ
- Võro: sann
References
- saun 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
- Kallio, Petri. 2008. "The Etymology of Finnish sauna". In Kees Dekker, Alasdair MacDonald & Hermann Niebaum (eds.), Northern Voices: Essays on Old Germanic and Related Topics Offered to Professor Tette Hofstra, pp. 313–319.
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.