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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soolainen
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *soola + *-inen.
Adjective
*soolainen
- salty
Inflection
Inflection of *soolainen
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 | *soolainen | *soolaicet | |
accusative | *soolaicen | *soolaicet | |
genitive | *soolaicen | *soolaicten *soolaiciden | |
partitive | *soolaicta | *soolaicita | |
inessive | *soolaicessa *soolaicehna | *soolaicissa *soolaicihna | |
elative | *soolaicesta | *soolaicista | |
illative | *soolaicesen | *soolaicisen | |
adessive | *soolaicella | *soolaicilla | |
ablative | *soolaicelta | *soolaicilta | |
allative | *soolaicelen *soolaicelek | *soolaicilen *soolaicilek | |
essive | *soolainna | *soolaicina | |
translative | *soolaiceksi | *soolaiciksi | |
instructive | *soolaicen | *soolaicin | |
comitative | *soolainnek | *soolaicinek | |
abessive | *soolaicetta | *soolaicitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: soolane
- Finnish: suolainen
- Ingrian: soolain
- Karelian: suolaine, suolahine
- Livonian: sūoli
- Livvi: suolaine
- Ludian: suolaine
- Võro: soolanõ
- Votic: soolõn
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “suola”, 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