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

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Etymology

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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

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*minä

  1. I, me

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • mina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), 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) (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
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*min-A”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)