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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sampi
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śampe (whence Mansi шупу (šupu)). Alternatively, possibly derived from *sambas, or borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian stambus (“large”)).
Noun
*sampi
- sturgeon (Acipenseridae)
Inflection
Inflection of *sampi
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sampi | *sambet | |
| accusative | *samben | *sambet | |
| genitive | *samben | *sampeden *sampiden | |
| partitive | *sampeda | *sampida | |
| inessive | *sambessa | *sambissa | |
| elative | *sambesta | *sambista | |
| illative | *sampehen | *sampihen | |
| adessive | *sambella | *sambilla | |
| ablative | *sambelta | *sambilta | |
| allative | *sampelek | *sampilek | |
| essive | *sampena | *sampina | |
| translative | *sambeksi | *sambiksi | |
| instructive | *samben | *sambin | |
| comitative | *sampenek | *sampinek | |
| abessive | *sambekta | *sambikta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: sampi
From *sampa:
- Estonian: samb
Further reading
- samb in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #932 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.