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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sonsar

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-Finno-Ugric *ćonča, *ćoča. Cognate with Proto-Mordvinic *čəča-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Noun

*sonsar

  1. flea
    Synonym: *kirppu

Inflection
Inflection of *sonsar
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sonsar *sonsarët
accusative *sonsarën *sonsarët
genitive *sonsarën *sonsardën
*sonsaridën
partitive *sonsarta *sonsarita
inessive *sonsarëssa
*sonsarëhna		 *sonsarissa
*sonsarihna
elative *sonsarësta *sonsarista
illative *sonsarësën *sonsarisën
adessive *sonsarëlla *sonsarilla
ablative *sonsarëlta *sonsarilta
allative *sonsarëlën
*sonsarëlëk		 *sonsarilën
*sonsarilëk
essive *sonsarna *sonsarina
translative *sonsarëksi *sonsariksi
instructive *sonsarën *sonsarin
comitative *sonsarnëk *sonsarinëk
abessive *sonsarëtta *sonsaritta

Descendants
  • Finnish: sonsar, sonsari (dialectal)
  • Livonian: sīezõr  (< *sensär)
  • ⇒ Livvi: čondžoi
  • ⇒ Ludian: čondžuoi
  • Veps: sonzar

Further reading
  • Entry #68 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sonsar”, 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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