Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-dë-
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *-të- (forms used after a consonant that blocks consonant gradation)
Etymology[edit]
Possibly originally a variant of the first infinitive stem *-da- (see *-dak), with a shift from unstressed *a > *e after unstressed syllables (compare e.g. *-mpi, *-in, *-pi, *-t'oin).
Suffix[edit]
*-dë- / *-de-
- Suffix of the second infinitive.
Usage notes[edit]
Always inflected. At least the inessive form existed, and an instructive form also exists in many descendants.