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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/setä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *śečä.

Noun

*setä

  1. paternal uncle

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: sedi
  • Finnish: setä
  • Ingrian: setä
  • Eastern Finnic: → *sedoit'ar
    • Karelian: sevoitar (female cousin)
    • Ludic: sevoittareksed (group of cousins)

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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