Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/multa
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *muldō.
Noun
[edit]*multa[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *multa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *multa | *muldat | |
| accusative | *muldan | *muldat | |
| genitive | *muldan | *multadën *multëidën | |
| partitive | *multada | *multëida | |
| inessive | *muldassa *muldahna |
*muldëissa *muldëihna | |
| elative | *muldasta | *muldëista | |
| illative | *multahën | *multëihën | |
| adessive | *muldalla | *muldëilla | |
| ablative | *muldalta | *muldëilta | |
| allative | *multalën *multalëk |
*multëilën *multëilëk | |
| essive | *multana | *multëina | |
| translative | *muldaksi | *muldëiksi | |
| instructive | *muldan | *muldëin | |
| comitative | *multanëk | *multëinëk | |
| abessive | *muldatta | *muldëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: muld
- Finnish: multa
- Ingrian: multa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: mūlda
- Livvi: muldu
- Ludian: muld
- Võro: muld
- Votic: multõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “muld”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012