Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mehiläinen
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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 earlier *meši + *-läinen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mekše.
Noun
*mehiläinen
Inflection
Inflection of *mehiläinen
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mehiläinen | *mehiläicet | |
| accusative | *mehiläicen | *mehiläicet | |
| genitive | *mehiläicen | *mehiläicten *mehiläiciden | |
| partitive | *mehiläictä | *mehiläicidä | |
| inessive | *mehiläicessä *mehiläicehnä |
*mehiläicissä *mehiläicihnä | |
| elative | *mehiläicestä | *mehiläicistä | |
| illative | *mehiläicehen | *mehiläicihen | |
| adessive | *mehiläicellä | *mehiläicillä | |
| ablative | *mehiläiceltä | *mehiläiciltä | |
| allative | *mehiläicelen *mehiläicelek |
*mehiläicilen *mehiläicilek | |
| essive | *mehiläinnä | *mehiläicinä | |
| translative | *mehiläiceksi | *mehiläiciksi | |
| instructive | *mehiläicen | *mehiläicin | |
| comitative | *mehiläinnek | *mehiläicinek | |
| abessive | *mehiläicettä | *mehiläicittä | |
Descendants
- Finnish: mehiläinen
- Ingrian: mehiläin
- → Votic: mehiläin
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: mehiläini
- South Karelian: mehliehäne
- Livvi: mehiläine
- Võro: mehiläne
Further reading
- Entry #534 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*mehi⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)