Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uni
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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 *une.
Noun
*uni
Inflection
Inflection of *uni
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *uni | *unët | |
| accusative | *unën | *unët | |
| genitive | *unën | *undën *unidën | |
| partitive | *unta | *unida | |
| inessive | *unëssa *unëhna |
*unissa *unihna | |
| elative | *unësta | *unista | |
| illative | *unëhën | *unihën | |
| adessive | *unëlla | *unilla | |
| ablative | *unëlta | *unilta | |
| allative | *unëlën *unëlëk |
*unilën *unilëk | |
| essive | *unna | *unina | |
| translative | *unëksi | *uniksi | |
| instructive | *unën | *unin | |
| comitative | *unnëk | *uninëk | |
| abessive | *unëtta | *unitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: uni
- Finnish: uni
- Ingrian: uni
- Karelian:
- Livonian: u’ņ
- Livvi: uni
- Ludian: uni
- Veps: uni
- Võro: uni
- Votic: uni
Further reading
- “uni”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012