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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarvi
 | 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-Finno-Ugric *śarwe (often also reconstructed as *śorwa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥wa, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates within Uralic include Proto-Samic *čoarvē, Hungarian szarv. Doublet of *hirvi, *hirvas.
Noun
*sarvi
- horn
Inflection
Inflection of *sarvi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sarvi | *sarvet | |
| accusative | *sarven | *sarvet | |
| genitive | *sarven | *sarveden *sarviden | |
| partitive | *sarveda | *sarvida | |
| inessive | *sarvessa *sarvehna | *sarvissa *sarvihna | |
| elative | *sarvesta | *sarvista | |
| illative | *sarvehen | *sarvihen | |
| adessive | *sarvella | *sarvilla | |
| ablative | *sarvelta | *sarvilta | |
| allative | *sarvelen *sarvelek | *sarvilen *sarvilek | |
| essive | *sarvena | *sarvina | |
| translative | *sarveksi | *sarviksi | |
| instructive | *sarven | *sarvin | |
| comitative | *sarvenek | *sarvinek | |
| abessive | *sarvetta | *sarvitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sarv
- Finnish: sarvi
- Ingrian: sarvi
- Karelian: šarvi, sarvi
- Livonian: sǭra, (Salaca) saru
- Livvi: sarvi
- Ludian: sar'v
- Veps: sar'v
- Votic: sarvi
References
- sarv 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