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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/saibas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *staipas (whence Latvian stiba and Lithuanian stíebas).

Noun

*saibas

  1. pole, stake

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: seiväs
    • Northern Sami: seaivvas
  • Ingrian: seiväs
  • Karelian: seiväs
  • Livvi: seiväs
  • Ludian: šeibäz
  • Veps: seibaz, siibaz
  • Võro: saibas, saivas
  • Votic: seivez

From *taibas:

  • Estonian: teivas
  • Livonian: tāibaz

Further reading

  • teivas”, 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), “seiväs”, 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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