Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suvi

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

From Proto-Uralic *suŋe.^[1]

Noun

*suvi^[2]

summer
Synonym: *kesä
south
Synonym: *etelä

Inflection

Inflection of *suvi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*suvi	*suvët
accusative	*suvën	*suvët
genitive	*suvën	suvëdën suvidën
partitive	*suvëda	*suvida
inessive	suvëssa suvëhna	suvissa suvihna
elative	*suvësta	*suvista
illative	*suvëhën	*suvihën
adessive	*suvëlla	*suvilla
ablative	*suvëlta	*suvilta
allative	suvëlën suvëlëk	suvilën suvilëk
essive	*suvëna	*suvina
translative	*suvëksi	*suviksi
instructive	*suvën	*suvin
comitative	*suvënëk	*suvinëk
abessive	*suvëtta	*suvitta

Descendants

Estonian: suvi (“summer”)
Finnish: suvi (“summer, south”) (literary or archaic)
Ingrian: (obsolete) suvi (“summer”)
Karelian:
- North Karelian: šuvi (“south”)
- South Karelian: šuvi (“south”)
Livonian: sõ’v (“summer”), (Salaca) süu
Livvi: suvi (“south”)
Ludian: suvi (“south”)
Veps: suvi (“south”)
Võro: suvi (“summer”)
Votic: suvi (“summer”)

References

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

[1] Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “suvi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025

[2] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*suvi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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