Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mehi
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown.
Noun
edit*mehi[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *mehi
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 | *mehi | *mehet | |
accusative | *mehen | *mehet | |
genitive | *mehen | *mehten *mehiden | |
partitive | *mehtä | *mehidä | |
inessive | *mehessä *mehehnä |
*mehissä *mehihnä | |
elative | *mehestä | *mehistä | |
illative | *mehehen | *mehihen | |
adessive | *mehellä | *mehillä | |
ablative | *meheltä | *mehiltä | |
allative | *mehelen *mehelek |
*mehilen *mehilek | |
essive | *mehenä | *mehinä | |
translative | *meheksi | *mehiksi | |
instructive | *mehen | *mehin | |
comitative | *mehenek | *mehinek | |
abessive | *mehettä | *mehittä |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: (obsolete) mehi, ⇒ mehu
- Ingrian: ⇒ mehetöin, mehestyä
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: mehi
- Livvi: mehi
- Ludian: mehi
- >? Võro: mehi
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mehi”, 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