Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sorsa

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

Unknown. Possibly in some fashion related to Proto-Samic *šuoδšō. Since the word does not regularly correspond to the Finnic one, the two may be borrowed from a common substrate source.

Alternative forms

*soorsa(s)

Noun

*sorsa

duck, mallard

Inflection

Inflection of *sorsa

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*sorsa	*sorsat
accusative	*sorsan	*sorsat
genitive	*sorsan	sorsaden sorseiden
partitive	*sorsada	*sorseida
inessive	sorsassa sorsahna	sorseissa sorseihna
elative	*sorsasta	*sorseista
illative	*sorsahen	*sorseihen
adessive	*sorsalla	*sorseilla
ablative	*sorsalta	*sorseilta
allative	sorsalen sorsalek	sorseilen sorseilek
essive	*sorsana	*sorseina
translative	*sorsaksi	*sorseiksi
instructive	*sorsan	*sorsein
comitative	*sorsanek	*sorseinek
abessive	*sorsatta	*sorseitta

Synonyms

*partti

Descendants

From *sorsa:

Finnish: sorsa
Ingrian: sorsa
- → Votic: sorsõ
Karelian:
- North Karelian: šorša
- South Karelian: šorža
Livvi: sorzu
Ludian: sorz
Veps: sorz
→ Northern Sami: suorsá

From *soorsa(s):

Estonian: soorsk, soorts, soosk, sõrtsas
Finnish: suorsa
Votic: soorsõ

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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