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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarni
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *särńä, whence also Eastern Mari шертне (šertne) and Western Mari шӓртньы (šärtnʹy). Possibly ultimately borrowed from a substrate language.
Noun
*sarni
- common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Inflection
Inflection of *sarni
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sarni | *sarnet | |
| accusative | *sarnen | *sarnet | |
| genitive | *sarnen | *sarneden *sarniden | |
| partitive | *sarneda | *sarnida | |
| inessive | *sarnessa | *sarnissa | |
| elative | *sarnesta | *sarnista | |
| illative | *sarnehen | *sarnihen | |
| adessive | *sarnella | *sarnilla | |
| ablative | *sarnelta | *sarnilta | |
| allative | *sarnelen | *sarnilen | |
| essive | *sarnena | *sarnina | |
| translative | *sarneksi | *sarniksi | |
| instructive | *sarnen | *sarnin | |
| comitative | *sarnenek | *sarninek | |
| abessive | *sarnekta | *sarnikta | |
Descendants
From *sarni:
- Estonian: saar
- Finnish: saarni
- Ingrian: saarni
- Votic: saarni
From *sarne-:
- Võro: saarnõq, saarnõs, saarnõh
- Votic: saarnõ
From *sarna:
- Livonian: sǟrna, (Salaca) sar
Further reading
- saar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN