Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mälvi

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

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mälke, with irregular change of *-lk- > *-lv-.

Noun

*mälvi[1]

  1. bird's breast/chest

Inflection

Inflection of *mälvi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mälvi *mälvet
accusative *mälven *mälvet
genitive *mälven *mälveden
*mälviden
partitive *mälvedä *mälvidä
inessive *mälvessä
*mälvehnä 		*mälvissä
*mälvihnä
elative *mälvestä *mälvistä
illative *mälvehen *mälvihen
adessive *mälvellä *mälvillä
ablative *mälveltä *mälviltä
allative *mälvelen
*mälvelek 		*mälvilen
*mälvilek
essive *mälvenä *mälvinä
translative *mälveksi *mälviksi
instructive *mälven *mälvin
comitative *mälvenek *mälvinek
abessive *mälvettä *mälvittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: mälv
  • Finnish: (dialectal) mälvi
  • Karelian: mälvi
  • Võro: mälv'

References

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

Further reading

  • “mälv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #527 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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