Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naa

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *na; alternatively, see *taa, from which by analogy with *tämä ~ *nämä, *too ~ *noo.

Pronoun

*naa

1. those (medial/distal?)

Determiner

*naa

1. those (medial/distal?)

Usage notes

In Northern Finnic (Finnish, Karelian, Livvi, Ludic) descendants, also used proximally.

Inflection

Singular: *taa

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

From *naa:

• Finnish: (dialectal) naa
• Karelian:

  South Karelian: noa

• Livvi: nua

From *naat:

• Ludian: nuad
• Võro: naaq

Further reading

• Entry #582 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.