Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/neemi
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, suggested as possibly derived from a substrate.[1]
Noun[edit]
*neemi
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *neemi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *neemi | *neemet | |
| accusative | *neemen | *neemet | |
| genitive | *neemen | *neenden *neemiden | |
| partitive | *neentä | *neemidä | |
| inessive | *neemessä *neemehnä |
*neemissä *neemihnä | |
| elative | *neemestä | *neemistä | |
| illative | *neemehen | *neemihen | |
| adessive | *neemellä | *neemillä | |
| ablative | *neemeltä | *neemiltä | |
| allative | *neemelen *neemelek |
*neemilen *neemilek | |
| essive | *neemenä | *neeminä | |
| translative | *neemeksi | *neemiksi | |
| instructive | *neemen | *neemin | |
| comitative | *neemenek | *neeminek | |
| abessive | *neemettä | *neemittä | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: neem
- Finnish: niemi
- Ingrian: neemi
- Karelian: niemi
- Livvi: niemi
- Ludian: niem
- Veps: nem'
- Votic: neemi
References[edit]
- ^ Ariste, Paul. 1972. The Earliest Substrata in the Baltic-Finnic languages. Nyelvészeti dolgozatok 101.