Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maima
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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
Unknown. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (whence Old Norse mjór (“thin, slender”)).
Noun edit
*maima
Inflection edit
Inflection of *maima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maima | *maimat | |
| accusative | *maiman | *maimat | |
| genitive | *maiman | *maimadën *maimoidën | |
| partitive | *maimada | *maimoida | |
| inessive | *maimassa *maimahna |
*maimoissa *maimoihna | |
| elative | *maimasta | *maimoista | |
| illative | *maimahën | *maimoihën | |
| adessive | *maimalla | *maimoilla | |
| ablative | *maimalta | *maimoilta | |
| allative | *maimalën *maimalëk |
*maimoilën *maimoilëk | |
| essive | *maimana | *maimoina | |
| translative | *maimaksi | *maimoiksi | |
| instructive | *maiman | *maimoin | |
| comitative | *maimanëk | *maimoinëk | |
| abessive | *maimatta | *maimoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: maim
- Finnish: maiva, maima
- Karelian: maima
- Livvi: maimu
- Ludian: maim
- Veps: maim
- Võro: maim
- Votic: (rare, obsolete) maima
Further reading edit
- “maim”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012