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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/setä

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-Uralic *śečä.

Noun

*setä

  1. paternal uncle

Inflection
Inflection of *setä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *setä *sedät
accusative *sedän *sedät
genitive *sedän *setäden
*seteiden
partitive *setädä *seteidä
inessive *sedässä
*sedähnä		 *sedeissä
*sedeihnä
elative *sedästä *sedeistä
illative *setähen *seteihen
adessive *sedällä *sedeillä
ablative *sedältä *sedeiltä
allative *setälen
*setälek		 *seteilen
*seteilek
essive *setänä *seteinä
translative *sedäksi *sedeiksi
instructive *sedän *sedein
comitative *setänek *seteinek
abessive *sedättä *sedeittä

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: sedi
  • Finnish: setä
  • Ingrian: setä
  • Eastern Finnic: → *sedoit'ar
    • Karelian: sevoitar (“female cousin”)
    • Ludian: sevoittareksed (“group of cousins”)

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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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