Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/madëh
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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 *matadak (“to creep”) + *-ëh.
Noun
[edit]*madëh
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *madëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *madëh | *matëhët | |
| accusative | *matëhën | *matëhët | |
| genitive | *matëhën | *madëhtën *matëhidën | |
| partitive | *madëhta | *matëhita | |
| inessive | *matëhëssa *matëhëhna |
*matëhissa *matëhihna | |
| elative | *matëhësta | *matëhista | |
| illative | *matëhësën | *matëhisën | |
| adessive | *matëhëlla | *matëhilla | |
| ablative | *matëhëlta | *matëhilta | |
| allative | *matëhëlën *matëhëlëk |
*matëhilën *matëhilëk | |
| essive | *matëhëna | *matëhina | |
| translative | *matëhëksi | *matëhiksi | |
| instructive | *matëhën | *matëhin | |
| comitative | *matëhënëk | *matëhinëk | |
| abessive | *matëhëtta | *matëhitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: made
- → Northern Sami: (dialectal) máđas
- Ingrian: mae
- Karelian:
- Livvi: majeh
- Ludian: madeh
- Veps: madeh, madez
- Votic: maõ
References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN