Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/morcijan
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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]From earlier *mortijami, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian mārša, Lithuanian marti and Old Prussian martin (“bride”)).
Noun
[edit]*morcijan[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *morcijan
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *morcijan | *morcijamët | |
| accusative | *morcijamën | *morcijamët | |
| genitive | *morcijamën | *morcijandën *morcijamidën | |
| partitive | *morcijanta | *morcijamida | |
| inessive | *morcijamëssa *morcijamëhna |
*morcijamissa *morcijamihna | |
| elative | *morcijamësta | *morcijamista | |
| illative | *morcijamëhën | *morcijamihën | |
| adessive | *morcijamëlla | *morcijamilla | |
| ablative | *morcijamëlta | *morcijamilta | |
| allative | *morcijamëlën *morcijamëlëk |
*morcijamilën *morcijamilëk | |
| essive | *morcijamëna | *morcijamina | |
| translative | *morcijamëksi | *morcijamiksi | |
| instructive | *morcijamën | *morcijamin | |
| comitative | *morcijamënëk | *morcijaminëk | |
| abessive | *morcijamëtta | *morcijamitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: mõrsja
- Finnish: morsian
- Ingrian: morsia
- Karelian:
- Veps: murzain
- Võro: mõrsja
- → Proto-Samic: *moarsē (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mõrsja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012