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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cinä

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 *tinä. The *-u in oblique forms originates from a dual inflection, which has otherwise been lost; compare the Proto-Samic second-person dual pronoun *tonōj.

Pronoun

*cinä

  1. you (singular)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sina, sa
  • Finnish: sinä, (colloquial/dialectal) , sää, siä, sie
  • Ingrian: siä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šie
    • South Karelian: šie
  • Livonian: sinā, sa
  • Livvi: sinä
  • Ludian: sina
  • Veps: sinä
  • Võro: sa, saq
  • Votic: siä

References

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