Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nenä
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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]A variant of *nana, probably from earlier *ńana (and cognate with Proto-Samic *ńunē). The further origin is unknown, as is the origin of the variation; it is possible that *nenä goes back to earlier *ńenä,[1] which in turn could be a variant of *ńëna, from which *ńana could be descended from.[2]
Noun
[edit]*nenä
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nenä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nenä | *nenät | |
| accusative | *nenän | *nenät | |
| genitive | *nenän | *nenäden *neneiden | |
| partitive | *nenädä | *neneidä | |
| inessive | *nenässä *nenähnä |
*neneissä *neneihnä | |
| elative | *nenästä | *neneistä | |
| illative | *nenähen | *neneihen | |
| adessive | *nenällä | *neneillä | |
| ablative | *nenältä | *neneiltä | |
| allative | *nenälen *nenälek |
*neneilen *neneilek | |
| essive | *nenänä | *neneinä | |
| translative | *nenäksi | *neneiksi | |
| instructive | *nenän | *nenein | |
| comitative | *nenänek | *neneinek | |
| abessive | *nenättä | *neneittä | |
Descendants
[edit]From *nana:
From *nëna:
- Võro: nyna
References
[edit]- ^ Kallio, Petri. The non-initial-syllable vowel reductions from Proto-Uralic to Proto-Finnic. SUST 264: Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilingue (2012), Helsinki. p. 167
- ^ Heikkilä, Mikko. Varhaisen kantasuomen vokaaliston ja fonotaksin uudennoksista sekä niiden ajoituksesta. Fenno-Ugrica Suecana 14 (2012), Stockholm. p. 22 (footnote 12)