Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/moni

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *mone.

Pronoun

*moni

1. many
2. some

Determiner

*moni

1. many
2. some

Inflection

Inflection of *moni

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*moni	*monët
accusative		*monën	*monët
genitive		*monën	*mondën *monidën
partitive		*monta	*monida
inessive		*monëssa *monëhna	*monissa *monihna
elative		*monësta	*monista
illative		*monëhën	*monihën
adessive		*monëlla	*monilla
ablative		*monëlta	*monilta
allative		*monëlën *monëlëk	*monilën *monilëk
essive		*monna	*monina
translative		*monëksi	*moniksi
instructive		*monën	*monin
comitative		*monnëk	*moninëk
abessive		*monëtta	*monitta

Derived terms

• *monik'as ~ *monigas

Descendants

• Estonian: mõni
• Finnish: moni
• Ingrian: moni
• Karelian: moni
• ⇒ Livonian: mūnda
• Livvi: moni
• Ludian: moni
• Võro: myni
• Votic: mõni

Further reading

• “mõni”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #550 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.