Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mëla

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *melä, with secondary backing.

Noun

*mëla[1]

  1. paddle, oar

Inflection

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

  • Estonian: mõla
  • Finnish: mela
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: mela
    • South Karelian: mela
  • Livonian: mõlā
  • Livvi: mela
  • Ludian: mela
  • Veps: mela
  • Võro: mõla
  • Votic: mõla

References

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

Further reading

  • “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.
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