Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisu
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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
Noun
*nisu[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *nisu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nisu | *nisut | |
| accusative | *nisun | *nisut | |
| genitive | *nisun | *nisudën *nisuidën | |
| partitive | *nisuda | *nisuida | |
| inessive | *nisussa *nisuhna |
*nisuissa *nisuihna | |
| elative | *nisusta | *nisuista | |
| illative | *nisuhën | *nisuihën | |
| adessive | *nisulla | *nisuilla | |
| ablative | *nisulta | *nisuilta | |
| allative | *nisulën *nisulëk |
*nisuilën *nisuilëk | |
| essive | *nisuna | *nisuina | |
| translative | *nisuksi | *nisuiksi | |
| instructive | *nisun | *nisuin | |
| comitative | *nisunëk | *nisuinëk | |
| abessive | *nisutta | *nisuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: nisu
- Finnish: nisu (dialectal, mainly Western Finnish)
- Ingrian: (obsolete) nisu
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: nižu
- Livonian:
- Livvi: nižu
- Ludian: nižu
- Veps: nižu
- Võro: nisu
- Votic: nisu
References
Further reading
- “nisu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012