Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etelä
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Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
From *ete- (“front, pre-, fore-”) + *-la (“locative suffix”). The association of "front" with "south" or "southwest" is because dwellings tended to be built facing in that direction (as that is where the sun shines from at noon in northern Europe).
Noun edit
*etelä
Inflection edit
Inflection of *etelä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *etelä | *etelät | |
accusative | *etelän | *etelät | |
genitive | *etelän | *eteläden *eteleiden | |
partitive | *etelätä | *eteleitä | |
inessive | *etelässä *etelähnä |
*eteleissä *eteleihnä | |
elative | *etelästä | *eteleistä | |
illative | *eteläsen | *eteleisen | |
adessive | *etelällä | *eteleillä | |
ablative | *etelältä | *eteleiltä | |
allative | *etelälen *etelälek |
*eteleilen *eteleilek | |
essive | *etelänä | *eteleinä | |
translative | *eteläksi | *eteleiksi | |
instructive | *etelän | *etelein | |
comitative | *etelänek | *eteleinek | |
abessive | *etelättä | *eteleittä |