Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-lta
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably contracted from the genitive ending *-n + *ülä (“upper, above”) + Proto-Uralic *-ta (ablative suffix), perhaps through a Uralic postposition *ültä: (*-n-ülä-tä >) *-n-ültä > *-n-ltä > *-lta/*-ltä.[1]
In the past also thought to derive from *-la + the aforementioned ablative suffix.
Suffix
[edit]*-lta / *-ltä
- Ablative case ending.
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: -lta
References
[edit]- ^ Aikio, Ante & Ylikoski, Jussi. The origin of the Finnic l-cases. Fenno-Ugrica Suecana Nova Series 15 (2016). pp. 59-158