Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muinainën

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 *muina- +‎ *-inën. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain the first element; is it the essive plural?

Adjective

*muinainën[1]

  1. ancient

Inflection

Inflection of *muinainën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *muinainën *muinaicët
accusative *muinaicën *muinaicët
genitive *muinaicën *muinaictën
*muinaicidën
partitive *muinaicta *muinaicita
inessive *muinaicëssa
*muinaicëhna 		*muinaicissa
*muinaicihna
elative *muinaicësta *muinaicista
illative *muinaicësën *muinaicisën
adessive *muinaicëlla *muinaicilla
ablative *muinaicëlta *muinaicilta
allative *muinaicëlën
*muinaicëlëk 		*muinaicilën
*muinaicilëk
essive *muinainna *muinaicina
translative *muinaicëksi *muinaiciksi
instructive *muinaicën *muinaicin
comitative *muinainnëk *muinaicinëk
abessive *muinaicëtta *muinaicitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: muinane (dialectal)
  • Finnish: muinainen
  • Karelian: muinoine
  • Livonian: muini
  • Votic: muina

References

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