Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muurahainën

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mūrijǭ, *miurijǭ +‎ *-inën.

Noun

*muurahainën

1. ant

   Synonyms: *kuci-, *kutki

Inflection

Inflection 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
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

• ⇒ Estonian: (dialectal) murelane, mureline, murulane
• Finnish: muurahainen
• Ingrian: muurahain
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: muurahaini
  • South Karelian: muurahaine
• Ludian: muurahaine
• Veps: murahaine

Further reading

• “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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN