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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sija

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëjē, both borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stiją (whence English sty).

Noun

*sija

  1. place, position
  2. bed

Inflection
Inflection of *sija
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sija *sijat
accusative *sijan *sijat
genitive *sijan *sijadën
*sijoidën
partitive *sijada *sijoida
inessive *sijassa
*sijahna		 *sijoissa
*sijoihna
elative *sijasta *sijoista
illative *sijahën *sijoihën
adessive *sijalla *sijoilla
ablative *sijalta *sijoilta
allative *sijalën
*sijalëk		 *sijoilën
*sijoilëk
essive *sijana *sijoina
translative *sijaksi *sijoiksi
instructive *sijan *sijoin
comitative *sijanëk *sijoinëk
abessive *sijatta *sijoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: sija
  • Ingrian: siha, sija
  • Karelian: sija, šija
  • Livvi: sija
  • Ludian: šija
  • Veps: sija
  • Votic: siha

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sija”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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