Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muli
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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
Possibly from earlier *mula- + *-i and borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence obsolete Latvian mūle (“hornless cow”) and Samogitian šmulas).[1]
Adjective
*muli[2]
Noun
*muli
Inflection
Inflection of *muli
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *muli | *mulit | |
| accusative | *mulin | *mulit | |
| genitive | *mulin | *mulidën *mulëjidën | |
| partitive | *mulida | *mulëjita | |
| inessive | *mulissa *mulihna |
*mulëjissa *mulëjihna | |
| elative | *mulista | *mulëjista | |
| illative | *mulihën | *mulëjisën | |
| adessive | *mulilla | *mulëjilla | |
| ablative | *mulilta | *mulëjilta | |
| allative | *mulilën *mulilëk |
*mulëjilën *mulëjilëk | |
| essive | *mulina | *mulëjina | |
| translative | *muliksi | *mulëjiksi | |
| instructive | *mulin | *mulëjin | |
| comitative | *mulinëk | *mulëjinëk | |
| abessive | *mulitta | *mulëjitta | |
Descendants
From *mulu (+ *-u):
From compound *muli-pää:
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “muli”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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