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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulhainën

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

Possibly derived from *sula (cf. Karelian sula (“gentle, kind, groom”) and Veps sula (“dear”)). Alternatively from Proto-Slavic *sluga, with metathesis. In any case, contains *-inën.

Noun

*sulhainën

  1. bridegroom, groom
    Synonym: *ülkä
  2. servant
    Synonym: *orja

Inflection
Inflection of *sulhainën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sulhainën *sulhaicët
accusative *sulhaicën *sulhaicët
genitive *sulhaicën *sulhaictën
*sulhaicidën
partitive *sulhaicta *sulhaicita
inessive *sulhaicëssa
*sulhaicëhna		 *sulhaicissa
*sulhaicihna
elative *sulhaicësta *sulhaicista
illative *sulhaicësën *sulhaicisën
adessive *sulhaicëlla *sulhaicilla
ablative *sulhaicëlta *sulhaicilta
allative *sulhaicëlën
*sulhaicëlëk		 *sulhaicilën
*sulhaicilëk
essive *sulhainna *sulhaicina
translative *sulhaicëksi *sulhaiciksi
instructive *sulhaicën *sulhaicin
comitative *sulhainnëk *sulhaicinëk
abessive *sulhaicëtta *sulhaicitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: sulane
  • Finnish: sulhanen
  • Ingrian: sulhain
  • Karelian: sulhaine
  • Livonian: su’lli
  • Livvi: sulhaine
  • Ludian: sulhaine
  • Võro: sulanõ, sulahanõ
  • Votic: (Kattila) sulhanõ
  • → Latvian: sulainis

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