Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meno
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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]Noun
[edit]*meno
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *meno
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *meno | *menot | |
| accusative | *menon | *menot | |
| genitive | *menon | *menodën *menoidën | |
| partitive | *menoda | *menoida | |
| inessive | *menossa *menohna |
*menoissa *menoihna | |
| elative | *menosta | *menoista | |
| illative | *menohën | *menoihën | |
| adessive | *menolla | *menoilla | |
| ablative | *menolta | *menoilta | |
| allative | *menolën *menolëk |
*menoilën *menoilëk | |
| essive | *menona | *menoina | |
| translative | *menoksi | *menoiksi | |
| instructive | *menon | *menoin | |
| comitative | *menonëk | *menoinëk | |
| abessive | *menotta | *menoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: mõnu
- Finnish: meno
- Ingrian: mänö
- Karelian:
- Livvi: meno, menoi
- Ludian: mänö
- Võro: mino
- Votic: meno
Further reading
[edit]- “mõnu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “meno”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä[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