Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/soo

Etymology

 * Possibly an irregular reflex of, from which the shape would be predicted. The development *t > *s could have been motivated by avoidance of homonymy with the pronoun ; but compare also  < Proto-Uralic.
 * Alternatively possibly an early borrowing from Pre-Germanic.
 * The word could be in some relationship to Proto-Samic, yet here the contraction to a monosyllable would be irregular.
 * The word could be in some relationship to Proto-Samic, yet here the contraction to a monosyllable would be irregular.

Noun

 * 1) swamp, marsh, bog