Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muurahainën
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *mūrijǭ, *miurijǭ + *-inën.
Noun
edit*muurahainën
Inflection
editInflection of *muurahainën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *muurahainën | *muurahaicët | |
accusative | *muurahaicën | *muurahaicët | |
genitive | *muurahaicën | *muurahaictën *muurahaicidën | |
partitive | *muurahaicta | *muurahaicida | |
inessive | *muurahaicëssa *muurahaicëhna |
*muurahaicissa *muurahaicihna | |
elative | *muurahaicësta | *muurahaicista | |
illative | *muurahaicëhën | *muurahaicihën | |
adessive | *muurahaicëlla | *muurahaicilla | |
ablative | *muurahaicëlta | *muurahaicilta | |
allative | *muurahaicëlën *muurahaicëlëk |
*muurahaicilën *muurahaicilëk | |
essive | *muurahainna | *muurahaicina | |
translative | *muurahaicëksi | *muurahaiciksi | |
instructive | *muurahaicën | *muurahaicin | |
comitative | *muurahainnëk | *muurahaicinëk | |
abessive | *muurahaicëtta | *muurahaicitta |
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Estonian: (dialectal) murelane, mureline, murulane
- Finnish: muurahainen
- Ingrian: muurahain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: muurahaini
- South Karelian: muurahaine
- Ludian: muurahaine
- Veps: murahaine
Further reading
edit- “murelane”, 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), “muurahainen”, in 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