By assimilation from dialectal minlainen, from min(kä) (“of which”) + -lainen (“kind of”). Cognate with Estonian milline (“what, what kind of”) and Ingrian millain, miltain, milläin (“what kind of”).
millainen (not comparable)
| Inflection of millainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
| genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
| partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
| illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | millainen | millaiset |
| gen. | millaisen | ||
| genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
| partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
| inessive | millaisessa | millaisissa | |
| elative | millaisesta | millaisista | |
| illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
| adessive | millaisella | millaisilla | |
| ablative | millaiselta | millaisilta | |
| allative | millaiselle | millaisille | |
| essive | millaisena | millaisina | |
| translative | millaiseksi | millaisiksi | |
| abessive | millaisetta | millaisitta | |
| instructive | — | millaisin | |
| comitative | — | millaisine | |