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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/savu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Proto-Samic *suovë and Moksha сув (suv).
Noun
*savu
- smoke
- Synonym: *suiccu
Inflection
Inflection of *savu
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 | *savu | *savut | |
accusative | *savun | *savut | |
genitive | *savun | *savuden *savuiden | |
partitive | *savuda | *savuida | |
inessive | *savussa *savuhna | *savuissa *savuihna | |
elative | *savusta | *savuista | |
illative | *savuhen | *savuihen | |
adessive | *savulla | *savuilla | |
ablative | *savulta | *savuilta | |
allative | *savulen *savulek | *savuilen *savuilek | |
essive | *savuna | *savuina | |
translative | *savuksi | *savuiksi | |
instructive | *savun | *savuin | |
comitative | *savunek | *savuinek | |
abessive | *savutta | *savuitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: savu
- Ingrian: savvu
- Karelian: savu
- Livonian: so’v
- Livvi: savvu, savu
- Ludian: savu
- Veps: savu
- Võro: sau
- Votic: savvu
Further reading
- Entry #1541 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “savu”, in 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