Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meci
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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-Uralic *mete, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun edit
*meci
Inflection edit
Inflection of *meci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *meci | *medet | |
| accusative | *meden | *medet | |
| genitive | *meden | *met'en *meciden | |
| partitive | *mettä | *mecidä | |
| inessive | *medessä *medehnä |
*mecissä *mecihnä | |
| elative | *medestä | *mecistä | |
| illative | *metehen | *mecihen | |
| adessive | *medellä | *mecillä | |
| ablative | *medeltä | *meciltä | |
| allative | *metelen *metelek |
*mecilen *mecilek | |
| essive | *mennä | *mecinä | |
| translative | *medeksi | *meciksi | |
| instructive | *meden | *mecin | |
| comitative | *mennek | *mecinek | |
| abessive | *medettä | *mecittä | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: mesi
- Finnish: mesi (“nectar”)
- Ingrian: mesi (“nectar”)
- Karelian:
- Livonian:
- Livvi: mezi
- Ludian: mezi, meži
- Veps: mezi
- Võro: mesi
- Votic: mesi
- → Proto-Samic: *mietë