< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suci
 | 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
According to Koivulehto, from earlier *śunći, from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós (compare Proto-Germanic *hundaz). The proposal remains uncertain, as it requires assuming that loss of *n before *ś (compare *kusi, *osa) took place also before *ć from the palatalization of *t, followed by paradigmatic levelling to the oblique cases; and that in all previously known examples levelling to the opposite direction took place (compare e.g. *kanci, *länci, *onci).
Noun
*suci
- wolf
Inflection
Inflection of *suci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *suci | *sudet | |
| accusative | *suden | *sudet | |
| genitive | *suden | *sut'en *suciden | |
| partitive | *sutta | *sucida | |
| inessive | *sudessa *sudehna | *sucissa *sucihna | |
| elative | *sudesta | *sucista | |
| illative | *sutehen | *sucihen | |
| adessive | *sudella | *sucilla | |
| ablative | *sudelta | *sucilta | |
| allative | *sutelen *sutelek | *sucilen *sucilek | |
| essive | *sunna | *sucina | |
| translative | *sudeksi | *suciksi | |
| instructive | *suden | *sucin | |
| comitative | *sunnek | *sucinek | |
| abessive | *sudetta | *sucitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: susi
- Finnish: susi
- Ingrian: susi
- Karelian: šusi
- Livonian: su'ž
- Võro: susi
- Votic: susi
References
- 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