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Proto-Finnic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *tinä. The *-u in oblique forms originates from a dual inflection, which has otherwise been lost; compare the Proto-Samic second-person dual pronoun *tonōj.
Pronoun
*cinä
- you (singular)
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*cinä
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accusative
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*cinun
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genitive
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*cinun
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partitive
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*cinuda
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inessive
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*cinussa *cinuhna
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elative
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*cinusta
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illative
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*cinuhën
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adessive
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*cinulla
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ablative
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*cinulta
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allative
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*cinulën *cinulëk
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essive
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*cinuna
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translative
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*cinuksi
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instructive
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*cinun
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comitative
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*cinunëk
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abessive
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*cinutta
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Descendants
References
- “sina”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sin-A”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)