Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mo-
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (compare Komi-Zyrian мыд (myd), Udmurt мыд (myd), Eastern Mari моло (molo)), perhaps a variant of *mu (whence *muu (“other”)).[1]
Pronoun
[edit]*mo-
Inflection
[edit]This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]No direct descendants exist, only derived terms. The following are some derived terms that have a distribution too narrow to be securely considered Proto-Finnic terms:
*moinën (+ *-inën)
- Finnish: moinen (“such, like (that)”)
- Ingrian: -moin
- Karelian:
- Livvi: moine (“such, like (that)”)
- Ludian: moine (“such, like (that)”)
*mokoma (+ ? + *-ma)
- Finnish: mokoma (“such”) (negative or neutral)
- Ingrian: mokoma (“such”)
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: mugoma (“such”)
- Ludian: mogom (“such”)
Unsorted:
- Ingrian: moen (“such, like (that)”) (dialectal) (← *mo-gën?)
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “moinen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Kulonen, Ulla-Maija. Suomalais-ugrilaisista *mo- ja *mu-pronominivartaloista. SUST 215 (1993).