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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meri

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

Most likely borrowing from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”). Perhaps through a change *a…i > *e…i, cf. *reki.

Noun

*meri

  1. sea

Inflection
Inflection of *meri
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *meri *meret
accusative *meren *meret
genitive *meren *merden
*meriden
partitive *mertä *meridä
inessive *meressä
*merehnä		 *merissä
*merihnä
elative *merestä *meristä
illative *merehen *merihen
adessive *merellä *merillä
ablative *mereltä *meriltä
allative *merelen
*merelek		 *merilen
*merilek
essive *mernä *merinä
translative *mereksi *meriksi
instructive *meren *merin
comitative *mernek *merinek
abessive *merettä *merittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: meri
  • Finnish: meri
  • Ingrian: meri
  • Karelian: meri
  • Livonian: me'r, mie'r
  • Livvi: meri
  • Ludian: meri
  • Veps: meri
  • Võro: meri
  • Votic: meri
  • → Proto-Samic: *mearë

References
  • “meri”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Sköld, Tryggve. 1996. "Finn. meri 'Meer'". In: Lars-Gunnar Larsson (ed.), Lapponica et Uralica: 100 Jahre finnisch-ugrischer Unterricht an der Universität Uppsala. Vorträge am Jubiläumssymposium 20-23 April 1994 (Studia Uralica Uppsalaensia 26): pp. 311–316.
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