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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soota

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 *stōdą.

Noun

*soota

  1. (Northern Finnic) herd of horses
  2. (Northern Finnic) heat, oestrus (in horses)

Inflection
Inflection of *soota
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *soota *soodat
accusative *soodan *soodat
genitive *soodan *sootadën
*sootëidën
partitive *sootada *sootëida
inessive *soodassa
*soodahna		 *soodëissa
*soodëihna
elative *soodasta *soodëista
illative *sootahën *sootëihën
adessive *soodalla *soodëilla
ablative *soodalta *soodëilta
allative *sootalën
*sootalëk		 *sootëilën
*sootëilëk
essive *sootana *sootëina
translative *soodaksi *soodëiksi
instructive *soodan *soodëin
comitative *sootanëk *sootëinëk
abessive *soodatta *soodëitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) suota
    • → Karelian: suovillah, suovilleh

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