Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mi

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.

From Proto-Uralic *mi.

*mi

1. what (interrogative)

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

In many descendants, certain case forms are extended with the particle *-ka (compare *ku and possibly *joka).

• Estonian: mis (genitive mille, partitive mida; nominative -s from see; the stem is extended to mill- in most forms); miks
• Finnish: mikä (genitive minkä, partitive mitä)
• Ingrian: mikä (genitive minen, partitive mitä); mi (rare), min
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: mi
  • South Karelian: mi
• Livvi: mi
• Ludian: mi
• Veps: mi
• Võro: miä (genitive mink, partitive midä/mitä)
• Votic: mi, mikä

• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mi⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)