Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mek
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *me.
Pronoun
[edit]*mek
Reconstruction notes
[edit]*mek has been traditionally considered the primary nominative form, but YSuS, since 2024, appears to consider *möö primary instead.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mek
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | *me *möö | |
| accusative | — | *medet *meidet | |
| genitive | — | *meden *meiden | |
| partitive | — | *meitä | |
| inessive | — | *meissä *meihnä | |
| elative | — | *meistä | |
| illative | — | *meisen | |
| adessive | — | *meillä | |
| ablative | — | *meiltä | |
| allative | — | *meilen *meilek | |
| essive | — | *meinä | |
| translative | — | *meiksi | |
| instructive | — | *mein | |
| comitative | — | *meinek | |
| abessive | — | *meittä | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “te”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- 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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*möö/*mei-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)