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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sama

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *samaz.

Adjective

*sama[1]

  1. same

Pronoun

*sama

  1. same

Inflection
Inflection of *sama
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sama *samat
accusative *saman *samat
genitive *saman *samadën
*samoidën
partitive *samada *samoida
inessive *samassa
*samahna		 *samoissa
*samoihna
elative *samasta *samoista
illative *samahën *samoihën
adessive *samalla *samoilla
ablative *samalta *samoilta
allative *samalën
*samalëk		 *samoilën
*samoilëk
essive *samana *samoina
translative *samaksi *samoiksi
instructive *saman *samoin
comitative *samanëk *samoinëk
abessive *samatta *samoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: sama
  • Finnish: sama
  • Ingrian: sama
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šama
    • South Karelian: šama
  • Livvi: sama
  • Ludian: sama
  • Võro: sama
  • Votic: sama

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sama”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “sama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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