Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-mak

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 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-Uralic *-ma[t/k], *-na[t/k].

Suffix

*-mak

  1. The first-person plural possessive ending.

Usage notes

  • This is the form used in the nominative singular. The oblique form *-nak (<? *-n-mak, with initial *-n re-extracted from other inflectional suffixes, such as the genitive *-n) is used with all other cases and numbers.[1]
  • The possessive suffix follows the case suffix.
  • Largely replaced by the second-person plural *-tak, *-ndak in descendants.
  • The final vowel was probably originally *-a/*-ä, and influenced in many descendants by the first-person plural personal pronoun *mek/*möö.[1]

Coordinate terms

Proto-Finnic possessive suffixes
Person Nominative singular Oblique or plural
1st sing *-mi *-ni
2nd sing *-ci *-nci
3rd sing *-sa *-nsa
1st plur *-mak *-nak
2nd plur *-dak *-ndak
3rd plur *-sak *-nsak
Reference: Petri Kallio (2021) “Kaksikko aina kaunihimpi? Itämerensuomalaisten possessiivisuffiksien taustaa”, in Taina Saarikivi, Janne Saarikivi, editors, Turhan tiedon kirja: Tutkimuksista pois jätettyjä sivuja (Kirjokansi; 291) (in Finnish), pages 157-173

Descendants

  • >? Finnish: (dialectal) -ma

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Petri Kallio (2021) “Kaksikko aina kaunihimpi? Itämerensuomalaisten possessiivisuffiksien taustaa”, in Taina Saarikivi, Janne Saarikivi, editors, Turhan tiedon kirja: Tutkimuksista pois jätettyjä sivuja (Kirjokansi; 291) (in Finnish), pages 157-173
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