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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sija
 | 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 *sëjē, both borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stiją (whence English sty).
Noun
*sija
- place, position
- bed
Inflection
Inflection of *sija
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sija | *sijat | |
| accusative | *sijan | *sijat | |
| genitive | *sijan | *sijaden *sijoiden | |
| partitive | *sijada | *sijoida | |
| inessive | *sijassa *sijahna | *sijoissa *sijoihna | |
| elative | *sijasta | *sijoista | |
| illative | *sijahen | *sijoihen | |
| adessive | *sijalla | *sijoilla | |
| ablative | *sijalta | *sijoilta | |
| allative | *sijalen *sijalek | *sijoilen *sijoilek | |
| essive | *sijana | *sijoina | |
| translative | *sijaksi | *sijoiksi | |
| instructive | *sijan | *sijoin | |
| comitative | *sijanek | *sijoinek | |
| abessive | *sijatta | *sijoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: sija
- Ingrian: siha
- Karelian: sija, šija
- Livvi: sija
- Ludian: šija
- Veps: sija
- Votic: siha
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sija”, 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