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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *menþingō (later *minþingō) (whence Old Norse minning (“memory, recollection, remembrance”)). It's unclear if the suffix + *-inën was already added in Proto-Finnic.
Noun
*mendinkä(inen)
- spirit, ghost of a deceased person
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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*mendinkäinen
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*mendinkäicet
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accusative
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*mendinkäicen
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*mendinkäicet
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genitive
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*mendinkäicen
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*mendingäicten *mendinkäiciden
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partitive
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*mendingäictä
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*mendinkäicidä
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inessive
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*mendinkäicessä *mendinkäicehnä
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*mendinkäicissä *mendinkäicihnä
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elative
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*mendinkäicestä
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*mendinkäicistä
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illative
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*mendinkäicehen
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*mendinkäicihen
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adessive
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*mendinkäicellä
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*mendinkäicillä
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ablative
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*mendinkäiceltä
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*mendinkäiciltä
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allative
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*mendinkäicelen *mendinkäicelek
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*mendinkäicilen *mendinkäicilek
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essive
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*mendingäinnä
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*mendinkäicinä
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translative
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*mendinkäiceksi
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*mendinkäiciksi
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instructive
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*mendinkäicen
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*mendinkäicin
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comitative
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*mendingäinnek
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*mendinkäicinek
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abessive
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*mendinkäicettä
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*mendinkäicittä
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Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “menninkäinen”, 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