Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/eci
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede.
Noun
*eci[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *eci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *eci | *edet | |
| accusative | *eden | *edet | |
| genitive | *eden | *et'en *eciden | |
| partitive | *että | *ecidä | |
| inessive | *edessä *edehnä |
*ecissä *ecihnä | |
| elative | *edestä | *ecistä | |
| illative | *etehen | *ecihen | |
| adessive | *edellä | *ecillä | |
| ablative | *edeltä | *eciltä | |
| allative | *etelen *etelek |
*ecilen *ecilek | |
| essive | *ennä | *ecinä | |
| translative | *edeksi | *eciksi | |
| instructive | *eden | *ecin | |
| comitative | *ennek | *ecinek | |
| abessive | *edettä | *ecittä | |
Derived terms
- *etelä
- *etu
Descendants
- Estonian: esi, ⇒ ette, ees, eest, eele, eel, eelt
- Finnish: esi (dialectal), esi-, ⇒ eteen, edessä, edestä, edelle, edellä, edeltä
- Ingrian: esi, esi-, ⇒ ettee, ees, eest, eelle, eel, eelt, etes
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: jeʾd, jeʾddi, jeʾddõ
- Livvi: ezi, ⇒ edeh, ies, iele, iel, ezin
- ⇒ Ludian: edes, edel
- Veps: ezi, ezi-, ⇒ edehe, edes, edele, edel
- Võro: esi, ⇒ ette, õõn, õõhn, õõst
- Votic: esi, ⇒ ette, eez, eesse, eelle, eelte
References
Further reading
- “esi”, 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), “esi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN