Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niici

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 earlier *niiti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian nīts and Lithuanian nytis).

Noun

*niici[1]

  1. heddle (part of a loom)

Inflection

Inflection of *niici
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *niici *niidet
accusative *niiden *niidet
genitive *niiden *niit'en
*niiciden
partitive *niittä *niicidä
inessive *niidessä
*niidehnä 		*niicissä
*niicihnä
elative *niidestä *niicistä
illative *niitehen *niicihen
adessive *niidellä *niicillä
ablative *niideltä *niiciltä
allative *niitelen
*niitelek 		*niicilen
*niicilek
essive *niinnä *niicinä
translative *niideksi *niiciksi
instructive *niiden *niicin
comitative *niinnek *niicinek
abessive *niidettä *niicittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: niis
  • Finnish: niisi
  • Ingrian: niisi
  • Karelian: niisi, niizi
  • Livonian: nīdõz
  • Livvi: niiži
  • Ludian: niiž
  • Veps: niž
  • Votic: niisi

References

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

Further reading

  • “niis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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