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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meccä
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from a Baltic language. The term was apparently borrowed during the time of the split of South Estonian and Livonian from the rest of Finnic, as the former group borrowed it with back vowel harmony, whereas the latter group has front vowel harmony.
Inflection
Inflection of *meccä
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *meccä | *mec'ät | |
| accusative | *mec'än | *mec'ät | |
| genitive | *mec'än | *meccäden *mecceiden | |
| partitive | *meccädä | *mecceidä | |
| inessive | *mec'ässä | *mec'eissä | |
| elative | *mec'ästä | *mec'eistä | |
| illative | *meccähen | *mecceihen | |
| adessive | *mec'ällä | *mec'eillä | |
| ablative | *mec'ältä | *mec'eiltä | |
| allative | *meccälek | *mecceilek | |
| essive | *meccänä | *mecceinä | |
| translative | *mec'äksi | *mec'eiksi | |
| instructive | *mec'än | *mec'ein | |
| comitative | *meccänek | *mecceinek | |
| abessive | *mec'äktä | *mec'eiktä | |
Descendants
References
- mets in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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