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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mees
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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
Etymology
Unclear. Two possibilities have been proposed:
- From earlier *meexes, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“male in-law”).
- (less likely) Relationship to the root *mäńśɜ, reflected in the ethnonyms Mansi and Magyar, of Indo-Iranian origin (compare Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá)).
Both proposals have phonetic problems. At any rate, the word is an innovation replacing Proto-Uralic *koje (“man”).
Inflection
This is the only reconstructable single-syllable noun that ended in a consonant.
Inflection of *mees
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mees | *meeset | |
| accusative | *meesen | *meeset | |
| genitive | *meesen | *meesten *meesiden | |
| partitive | *meestä | *meesidä | |
| inessive | *meesessä | *meesissä | |
| elative | *meesestä | *meesistä | |
| illative | *meesehen | *meesihen | |
| adessive | *meesellä | *meesillä | |
| ablative | *meeseltä | *meesiltä | |
| allative | *meeselek | *meesilek | |
| essive | *meessä | *meesinä | |
| translative | *meeseksi | *meesiksi | |
| instructive | *meesen | *meesin | |
| comitative | *meessek | *meesinek | |
| abessive | *meesektä | *meesiktä | |
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