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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suiccu
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly related to Inari Sami sohčeđ (“to puff”).
Noun
*suiccu
- smoke
- Synonym: *savu
Inflection
Inflection of *suiccu
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *suiccu | *suic'ut | |
| accusative | *suic'un | *suic'ut | |
| genitive | *suic'un | *suiccuden *suiccuiden | |
| partitive | *suiccuda | *suiccuida | |
| inessive | *suic'ussa | *suic'uissa | |
| elative | *suic'usta | *suic'uista | |
| illative | *suiccuhen | *suiccuihen | |
| adessive | *suic'ulla | *suic'uilla | |
| ablative | *suic'ulta | *suic'uilta | |
| allative | *suicculek | *suiccuilek | |
| essive | *suiccuna | *suiccuina | |
| translative | *suic'uksi | *suic'uiksi | |
| instructive | *suic'un | *suic'uin | |
| comitative | *suiccunek | *suiccuinek | |
| abessive | *suic'ukta | *suic'uikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: suits
- Finnish: suitsu (dialectal)
- ⇒ Karelian: šuittša
- Võro: suits
- Votic: suizu
Further reading
- suits in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN