Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisu

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 *nisä +‎ *-u.

Noun

*nisu[1]

  1. wheat
    Synonym: *vehnä

Inflection

Inflection of *nisu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nisu *nisut
accusative *nisun *nisut
genitive *nisun *nisudën
*nisuidën
partitive *nisuda *nisuida
inessive *nisussa
*nisuhna 		*nisuissa
*nisuihna
elative *nisusta *nisuista
illative *nisuhën *nisuihën
adessive *nisulla *nisuilla
ablative *nisulta *nisuilta
allative *nisulën
*nisulëk 		*nisuilën
*nisuilëk
essive *nisuna *nisuina
translative *nisuksi *nisuiksi
instructive *nisun *nisuin
comitative *nisunëk *nisuinëk
abessive *nisutta *nisuitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nisu
  • Finnish: nisu (dialectal, mainly Western Finnish)
  • Ingrian: (obsolete) nisu
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian:
    • Kurzeme Livonian: ni’zzõz
    • Vidzeme Livonian: nizu
  • Livvi: nižu
  • Ludian: nižu
  • Veps: nižu
  • Võro: nisu
  • Votic: nisu

References

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

Further reading

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