Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sooja

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 1

    Borrowed from Proto-Iranian *caHyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH.

    Noun

    *sooja[1]

    1. shelter
    2. protection
    Inflection
    Descendants
    • Finnish: suoja
    • Ingrian: sooja
    • Karelian:
      • North Karelian: šuoja
      • South Karelian: šuoja
    • Livvi: suoju
    • ? Proto-Samic: *suojē (see there for further descendants)

    Etymology 2

      Later shift from etymology 1.

      Adjective

      *sooja

      1. warm
      2. mild (of weather)
      Inflection
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*sooja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

      Further reading

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