Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sambas

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stámbʰHas (whence Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”)).[1]

Noun

*sambas[2]

  1. pillar, column

Inflection

Inflection of *sambas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sambas *sampahët
accusative *sampahën *sampahët
genitive *sampahën *sambastën
*sampahidën
partitive *sambasta *sampahita
inessive *sampahëssa
*sampahëhna 		*sampahissa
*sampahihna
elative *sampahësta *sampahista
illative *sampahësën *sampahisën
adessive *sampahëlla *sampahilla
ablative *sampahëlta *sampahilta
allative *sampahëlën
*sampahëlëk 		*sampahilën
*sampahilëk
essive *sambassa *sampahina
translative *sampahëksi *sampahiksi
instructive *sampahën *sampahin
comitative *sambassëk *sampahinëk
abessive *sampahëtta *sampahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sammas
  • Finnish: sammas
  • Võro: sammas
  • Votic: sammõz

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “sammas”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*sambas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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