Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëla
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Permic *melä, with secondary backing.
Noun
[edit]*mëla[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mëla
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mëla | *mëlat | |
| accusative | *mëlan | *mëlat | |
| genitive | *mëlan | *mëladën *mëloidën | |
| partitive | *mëlada | *mëloida | |
| inessive | *mëlassa *mëlahna |
*mëloissa *mëloihna | |
| elative | *mëlasta | *mëloista | |
| illative | *mëlahën | *mëloihën | |
| adessive | *mëlalla | *mëloilla | |
| ablative | *mëlalta | *mëloilta | |
| allative | *mëlalën *mëlalëk |
*mëloilën *mëloilëk | |
| essive | *mëlana | *mëloina | |
| translative | *mëlaksi | *mëloiksi | |
| instructive | *mëlan | *mëloin | |
| comitative | *mëlanëk | *mëloinëk | |
| abessive | *mëlatta | *mëloitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: mõla
- Finnish: mela
- Karelian:
- Livonian: mõlā
- Livvi: mela
- Ludian: mela
- Veps: mela
- Võro: mõla
- Votic: mõla
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mõla”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1411 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.