Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mainit'ak
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną + *-it'ak.
Verb
edit*mainit'ak (stem *mainiccë-)[1]
- to mention
Descendants
edit- Estonian: (dialectal) mainitsema/mainitseda
- Finnish: mainita
- → Estonian: mainima/mainida
- → Northern Sami: máinnastit
- Ingrian: mainita, mainia
- Karelian:
- Livvi: mainita
- Ludian: mainita
- Võro: mainitsõma/mainitsaq
- Votic: mainia, mainittsa (Jõgõperä)
References
edit- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mainiccë-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mainita”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN