Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/müümi

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

Etymology

Probably derived from *müüdäk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix?

Noun

*müümi

1. gift from the bride to the groom's family

Inflection

Inflection of *müümi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*müümi	*müümit
accusative		*müümin	*müümit
genitive		*müümin	*müümiden *müümejiden
partitive		*müümidä	*müümejitä
inessive		*müümissä *müümihnä	*müümejissä *müümejihnä
elative		*müümistä	*müümejistä
illative		*müümihen	*müümejisen
adessive		*müümillä	*müümejillä
ablative		*müümiltä	*müümejiltä
allative		*müümilen *müümilek	*müümejilen *müümejilek
essive		*müüminä	*müümejinä
translative		*müümiksi	*müümejiksi
instructive		*müümin	*müümejin
comitative		*müüminek	*müümejinek
abessive		*müümittä	*müümejittä

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) myymi, myymit pl, myyni, myyminki
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: myyni- (in compound: myynivakkaine)
• Livonian: mīm, mīmõd pl

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “myymi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN