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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sara

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 *starrō (whence Old Norse stǫrr), or from earlier Pre-Germanic.

Noun

*sara

  1. sedge (plant of the genus Carex)
    Synonym: *tarna

Inflection
Inflection of *sara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sara *sarat
accusative *saran *sarat
genitive *saran *saradën
*saroidën
partitive *sarada *saroida
inessive *sarassa
*sarahna		 *saroissa
*saroihna
elative *sarasta *saroista
illative *sarahën *saroihën
adessive *saralla *saroilla
ablative *saralta *saroilta
allative *saralën
*saralëk		 *saroilën
*saroilëk
essive *sarana *saroina
translative *saraksi *saroiksi
instructive *saran *saroin
comitative *saranëk *saroinëk
abessive *saratta *saroitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: sara
  • Karelian: šara
  • Livvi: šara
  • Ludian: sara
  • Veps: sara- (in compound: sarahein)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sara”, 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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