Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niini

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 *ńijne.

Noun

*niini[1]

  1. bast

Inflection

Inflection of *niini
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *niini *niinet
accusative *niinen *niinet
genitive *niinen *niinden
*niiniden
partitive *niintä *niinidä
inessive *niinessä
*niinehnä 		*niinissä
*niinihnä
elative *niinestä *niinistä
illative *niinehen *niinihen
adessive *niinellä *niinillä
ablative *niineltä *niiniltä
allative *niinelen
*niinelek 		*niinilen
*niinilek
essive *niinnä *niininä
translative *niineksi *niiniksi
instructive *niinen *niinin
comitative *niinnek *niininek
abessive *niinettä *niinittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: niin
  • Finnish: niini
  • Ingrian: niini
  • Karelian: niini
  • Livonian: nīņ
  • Livvi: niini
  • Ludian: niin
  • Veps: nin'
  • Võro: niids'
  • Votic: niini

References

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

Further reading

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