Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muru

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

*mur- +‎ *-u. From the same root as *murëda and *murtadak.

Noun

*muru

1. small piece, crumb

Inflection

Inflection of *muru

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*muru	*murut
accusative		*murun	*murut
genitive		*murun	*murudën *muruidën
partitive		*muruda	*muruida
inessive		*murussa *muruhna	*muruissa *muruihna
elative		*murusta	*muruista
illative		*muruhën	*muruihën
adessive		*murulla	*muruilla
ablative		*murulta	*muruilta
allative		*murulën *murulëk	*muruilën *muruilëk
essive		*muruna	*muruina
translative		*muruksi	*muruiksi
instructive		*murun	*muruin
comitative		*murunëk	*muruinëk
abessive		*murutta	*muruitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) muru
• Finnish: muru
• Ingrian: muru
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: muru
  • South Karelian: muru
• Livvi: muru
• Ludian: muru
• Veps: muru
• Votic: muru

Further reading

• “muru”, 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), “muru”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN