Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-mpi
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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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *-mpa. The final vowel change from *a to *i is also seen in *-in, *-pi and *-t'oin, and the original final vowel is preserved in inflected forms.
The stem triggers a change from a final stem -A- to -e-. This change, also seen in some verb derivatives (*-ldak, *-t'ak), has been proposed to be a regular change (with the condition that the -A- be unstressed) by Kallio (2012).[1]
Suffix edit
*-mpi
- Comparative suffix.
Inflection edit
Oblique stem: *-mpA
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
- Estonian: -m
- Finnish: -mpi
- Ingrian: -mp
- Karelian: -mpi, -mbi
- Livvi: -mbi
- Ludian: -mb
- Veps: -mb
- Võro: -mb
- Votic: -mpi
References edit
- ^ Kallio, Petri. The non-initial-syllable vowel reductions from Proto-Uralic to Proto-Finnic. Per Urales ad Orientem (SUST 264). Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, Helsinki. 2012