Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niini
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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-Finno-Permic *ńijne.
Noun
*niini[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *niini
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *niini | *niinet | |
| accusative | *niinen | *niinet | |
| genitive | *niinen | *niinden *niiniden | |
| partitive | *niintä | *niinidä | |
| inessive | *niinessä *niinehnä |
*niinissä *niinihnä | |
| elative | *niinestä | *niinistä | |
| illative | *niinehen | *niinihen | |
| adessive | *niinellä | *niinillä | |
| ablative | *niineltä | *niiniltä | |
| allative | *niinelen *niinelek |
*niinilen *niinilek | |
| essive | *niinnä | *niininä | |
| translative | *niineksi | *niiniksi | |
| instructive | *niinen | *niinin | |
| comitative | *niinnek | *niininek | |
| abessive | *niinettä | *niinittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: niin
- Finnish: niini
- Ingrian: niini
- Karelian: niini
- Livonian: nīņ
- Livvi: niini
- Ludian: niin
- Veps: nin'
- Võro: niids'
- Votic: niini
References
Further reading
- “niin”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012