Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/möö-
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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 *müŋä (“rear, behind, beyond”). Cognate with Proto-Mordvinic *mejə-.
Noun
*möö-[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *möö-
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *möö | *mööt | |
| accusative | *möön | *mööt | |
| genitive | *möön | *mööden *möiden | |
| partitive | *möötä | *möitä | |
| inessive | *möössä *mööhnä |
*möissä *möihnä | |
| elative | *mööstä | *möistä | |
| illative | *möösen | *möisen | |
| adessive | *mööllä | *möillä | |
| ablative | *mööltä | *möiltä | |
| allative | *möölen *möölek |
*möilen *möilek | |
| essive | *möönä | *möinä | |
| translative | *mööksi | *möiksi | |
| instructive | *möön | *möin | |
| comitative | *möönek | *möinek | |
| abessive | *mööttä | *möittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
No direct descendants exist, only derived terms. The following are some derived terms that have a distribution too narrow to be securely considered Proto-Finnic terms:
- ⇒ Finnish: myös (< *möö-s)
- ⇒ Finnish: myöten (< *möö-t'en)
- ⇒ Ingrian: möö (< *möö-k)
- ⇒ Karelian: myös (South Karelian) (< *möö-s)
- ⇒ Livvi: myös (< *möö-s)
- ⇒ Ludian: müö, müöi (< *möö-(i)k)
- ⇒ Votic: möö (< *möö-k)
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “myö-”, in 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