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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muurahainën
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mūrijǭ, *miurijǭ + *-inën.
Inflection
Inflection of *muurahainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *muurahainën | *muurahaicët | |
| accusative | *muurahaicën | *muurahaicët | |
| genitive | *muurahaicën | *muurahaictën *muurahaicidën | |
| partitive | *muurahaicta | *muurahaicida | |
| inessive | *muurahaicëssa *muurahaicëhna |
*muurahaicissa *muurahaicihna | |
| elative | *muurahaicësta | *muurahaicista | |
| illative | *muurahaicëhën | *muurahaicihën | |
| adessive | *muurahaicëlla | *muurahaicilla | |
| ablative | *muurahaicëlta | *muurahaicilta | |
| allative | *muurahaicëlën *muurahaicëlëk |
*muurahaicilën *muurahaicilëk | |
| essive | *muurahainna | *muurahaicina | |
| translative | *muurahaicëksi | *muurahaiciksi | |
| instructive | *muurahaicën | *muurahaicin | |
| comitative | *muurahainnëk | *muurahaicinëk | |
| abessive | *muurahaicëtta | *muurahaicitta | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: (dialectal) murelane, mureline, murulane
- Finnish: muurahainen
- Ingrian: muurahain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: muurahaini
- South Karelian: muurahaine
- Ludian: muurahaine
- Veps: murahaine
Further reading
- “murelane”, 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), “muurahainen”, in 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
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