Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mehi

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

Unknown.

Noun

*mehi

1. sap, juice

Inflection

Inflection 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
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

• Finnish: (obsolete) mehi, ⇒ mehu
• Ingrian: ⇒ mehetöin, mehestyä
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: mehi
• Livvi: mehi
• Ludian: mehi
• >? Võro: mehi

Further reading

• 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