Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etelä
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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 *ete- (“front, pre-, fore-”) + *-la (“locative suffix”). The association of "front" with "south" or "southwest" is because dwellings tended to be built facing in that direction (as that is where the sun shines from at noon in northern Europe).
Noun
*etelä
Inflection
Inflection of *etelä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *etelä | *etelät | |
| accusative | *etelän | *etelät | |
| genitive | *etelän | *eteläden *eteleiden | |
| partitive | *etelätä | *eteleitä | |
| inessive | *etelässä *etelähnä |
*eteleissä *eteleihnä | |
| elative | *etelästä | *eteleistä | |
| illative | *eteläsen | *eteleisen | |
| adessive | *etelällä | *eteleillä | |
| ablative | *etelältä | *eteleiltä | |
| allative | *etelälen *etelälek |
*eteleilen *eteleilek | |
| essive | *etelänä | *eteleinä | |
| translative | *eteläksi | *eteleiksi | |
| instructive | *etelän | *etelein | |
| comitative | *etelänek | *eteleinek | |
| abessive | *etelättä | *eteleittä | |