Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/-ät
Appearance
Proto-Permic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *-mte. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *-nci and Proto-Samic *-mtë.
Since all Proto-Permic numerals end in a consonant, the suffix always takes the postconsonantal form *-ät, rather than the supposed base form **-t.
Suffix
[edit]*-ät (stem *-ätj-)
- Used to form ordinal numbers.