Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muru
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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]*mur- + *-u. From the same root as *murëda and *murtadak.
Noun
[edit]*muru[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *muru
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *muru | *murut | |
| accusative | *murun | *murut | |
| genitive | *murun | *murudën *muruidën | |
| partitive | *muruda | *muruida | |
| inessive | *murussa *muruhna |
*muruissa *muruihna | |
| elative | *murusta | *muruista | |
| illative | *muruhën | *muruihën | |
| adessive | *murulla | *muruilla | |
| ablative | *murulta | *muruilta | |
| allative | *murulën *murulëk |
*muruilën *muruilëk | |
| essive | *muruna | *muruina | |
| translative | *muruksi | *muruiksi | |
| instructive | *murun | *muruin | |
| comitative | *murunëk | *muruinëk | |
| abessive | *murutta | *muruitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) muru
- Finnish: muru
- Ingrian: muru
- Karelian:
- Livvi: muru
- Ludian: muru
- Veps: muru
- Votic: muru
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “muru”, 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), “muru”, 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