Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mehi
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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]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]*mehi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mehi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mehi | *mehet | |
| accusative | *mehen | *mehet | |
| genitive | *mehen | *mehten *mehiden | |
| partitive | *mehtä | *mehidä | |
| inessive | *mehessä *mehehnä |
*mehissä *mehihnä | |
| elative | *mehestä | *mehistä | |
| illative | *mehehen | *mehihen | |
| adessive | *mehellä | *mehillä | |
| ablative | *meheltä | *mehiltä | |
| allative | *mehelen *mehelek |
*mehilen *mehilek | |
| essive | *mehenä | *mehinä | |
| translative | *meheksi | *mehiksi | |
| instructive | *mehen | *mehin | |
| comitative | *mehenek | *mehinek | |
| abessive | *mehettä | *mehittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (obsolete) mehi, ⇒ mehu
- Ingrian: ⇒ mehetöin, mehestyä
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: mehi
- Livvi: mehi
- Ludian: mehi
- >? Võro: mehi
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mehi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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