Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maima
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (whence Old Norse mjór (“thin, slender”)).
Noun
edit*maima
Inflection
editInflection 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 | ||
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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