Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/näitoi
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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
Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *näxe- (compare *naidak) with + *-oi, although the exact morphology is unclear; possibly from Proto-Uralic *näjte.
Noun
Inflection
Inflection of *näitoi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *näitoi | *näidoit | |
| accusative | *näidoin | *näidoit | |
| genitive | *näidoin | *näitoidën *näitoidën | |
| partitive | *näitoida | *näitoida | |
| inessive | *näidoissa *näidoihna |
*näidoissa *näidoihna | |
| elative | *näidoista | *näidoista | |
| illative | *näitoihën | *näitoihën | |
| adessive | *näidoilla | *näidoilla | |
| ablative | *näidoilta | *näidoilta | |
| allative | *näitoilën *näitoilëk |
*näitoilën *näitoilëk | |
| essive | *näitoina | *näitoina | |
| translative | *näidoiksi | *näidoiksi | |
| instructive | *näidoin | *näidoin | |
| comitative | *näitoinëk | *näitoinëk | |
| abessive | *näidoitta | *näidoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: neid, neiu
- Finnish: neito
- Ingrian: neito
- Karelian:
- Livvi: neidoi
- Ludian: neidoi
- Veps: neidoo
- Võro: näio
- Votic: (Jõgõperä, Rajo) neito
From *näitei:
- Finnish: neiti (genitive neidin)
- → Votic: neiti
- Ingrian: neiti (genitive neijin)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (archaic, rare) neiti (genitive neijin)
From *näici ~ *neici?:
- Finnish: (archaic) neiti (genitive neiden, with -t- in nominative/plural forms by analogy)
- Ingrian: (archaic, rare) neiti (genitive neijen, with -t- in nominative/plural forms by analogy)
- Karelian:
References
Further reading
- “neid”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “neiti”, 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