Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soolainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *soola (“salt”) + *-inën (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
*soolainën
Inflection
Inflection of *soolainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *soolainën | *soolaicët | |
| accusative | *soolaicën | *soolaicët | |
| genitive | *soolaicën | *soolaictën *soolaicidën | |
| partitive | *soolaicta | *soolaicita | |
| inessive | *soolaicëssa *soolaicëhna |
*soolaicissa *soolaicihna | |
| elative | *soolaicësta | *soolaicista | |
| illative | *soolaicësën | *soolaicisën | |
| adessive | *soolaicëlla | *soolaicilla | |
| ablative | *soolaicëlta | *soolaicilta | |
| allative | *soolaicëlën *soolaicëlëk |
*soolaicilën *soolaicilëk | |
| essive | *soolainna | *soolaicina | |
| translative | *soolaicëksi | *soolaiciksi | |
| instructive | *soolaicën | *soolaicin | |
| comitative | *soolainnëk | *soolaicinëk | |
| abessive | *soolaicëtta | *soolaicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: soolane
- Finnish: suolainen
- Ingrian: soolain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šuolani
- South Karelian: šuolane
- Livonian: sūoli
- Livvi: suolaine
- Ludian: suolaine
- Võro: soolanõ
- Votic: soolõn
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “suola”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN