Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/minä

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 *minä. The *-u in oblique forms originates from a dual inflection, which has otherwise been lost; compare the Proto-Samic first-person dual pronoun *monōj.

Pronoun edit

*minä

  1. I, me

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • mina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN