Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säünä-

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-Finno-Ugric *säwnä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *sievnë and Hungarian őn.

Noun

*säünä-

1. ide (Leuciscus idus)

Descendants

From *säünä-:

• Estonian: säinas
• Finnish: säynäs, säynävä
• Livvi: säyny
• Ludian: säünäg
• Veps: säunaz
• Võro: säünäs
• Votic: säünez

From *säüne-:

• Finnish: säyne
• Ingrian: säyne, säynes
• Karelian: säyneä
• Votic: (Mati) säüne

Further reading

• “säinas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #886 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.