Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulhainën
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly derived from *sula (cf. Karelian sula (“gentle, kind, groom”) and Veps sula (“dear”)). Alternatively from Proto-Slavic *sluga, with metathesis. In any case, contains *-inën.
Noun[edit]
*sulhainën
- bridegroom, groom
- Synonym: *ülkä
- servant
- Synonym: *orja
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *sulhainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sulhainën | *sulhaicët | |
| accusative | *sulhaicën | *sulhaicët | |
| genitive | *sulhaicën | *sulhaictën *sulhaicidën | |
| partitive | *sulhaicta | *sulhaicita | |
| inessive | *sulhaicëssa *sulhaicëhna |
*sulhaicissa *sulhaicihna | |
| elative | *sulhaicësta | *sulhaicista | |
| illative | *sulhaicësën | *sulhaicisën | |
| adessive | *sulhaicëlla | *sulhaicilla | |
| ablative | *sulhaicëlta | *sulhaicilta | |
| allative | *sulhaicëlën *sulhaicëlëk |
*sulhaicilën *sulhaicilëk | |
| essive | *sulhainna | *sulhaicina | |
| translative | *sulhaicëksi | *sulhaiciksi | |
| instructive | *sulhaicën | *sulhaicin | |
| comitative | *sulhainnëk | *sulhaicinëk | |
| abessive | *sulhaicëtta | *sulhaicitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: sulane
- Finnish: sulhanen
- Ingrian: sulhain
- Karelian: sulhaine
- Livonian: su’lli
- Livvi: sulhaine
- Ludian: sulhaine
- Võro: sulanõ, sulahanõ
- Votic: (Kattila) sulhanõ
- → Latvian: sulainis
Further reading[edit]
- “sulane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012