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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maima
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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
Unknown. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (whence Old Norse mjór (“thin, slender”)).
Inflection
Inflection of *maima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maima | *maimat | |
| accusative | *maiman | *maimat | |
| genitive | *maiman | *maimaden *maimoiden | |
| partitive | *maimada | *maimoida | |
| inessive | *maimassa *maimahna |
*maimoissa *maimoihna | |
| elative | *maimasta | *maimoista | |
| illative | *maimahen | *maimoihen | |
| adessive | *maimalla | *maimoilla | |
| ablative | *maimalta | *maimoilta | |
| allative | *maimalen *maimalek |
*maimoilen *maimoilek | |
| essive | *maimana | *maimoina | |
| translative | *maimaksi | *maimoiksi | |
| instructive | *maiman | *maimoin | |
| comitative | *maimanek | *maimoinek | |
| abessive | *maimatta | *maimoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- maim in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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