< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/süli
 | 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
From Proto-Uralic *süle. Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëlë.
Noun
*süli
- lap (upper legs of a seated person)
- Synonym: *üskä
- open arms
- fathom
Inflection
Inflection of *süli
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *süli | *sület | |
| accusative | *sülen | *sület | |
| genitive | *sülen | *sülden *süliden | |
| partitive | *sültä | *sülidä | |
| inessive | *sülessä *sülehnä | *sülissä *sülihnä | |
| elative | *sülestä | *sülistä | |
| illative | *sülehen | *sülihen | |
| adessive | *sülellä | *sülillä | |
| ablative | *süleltä | *süliltä | |
| allative | *sülelen *sülelek | *sülilen *sülilek | |
| essive | *süllä | *sülinä | |
| translative | *süleksi | *süliksi | |
| instructive | *sülen | *sülin | |
| comitative | *süllek | *sülinek | |
| abessive | *sülettä | *sülittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: süli
- Finnish: syli
- Ingrian: syli
- Karelian: syli
- Livonian: si’ļ
- Livvi: syli
- Ludian: šülü, süli
- Veps: sül'
- Võro: süli
- Votic: süli
Further reading
- süli in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN