Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mërta
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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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], whence Old Norse merðr and Swedish mjärde.
Noun
edit*mërta[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *mërta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mërta | *mërdat | |
| accusative | *mërdan | *mërdat | |
| genitive | *mërdan | *mërtadën *mërtoidën | |
| partitive | *mërtada | *mërtoida | |
| inessive | *mërdassa *mërdahna |
*mërdoissa *mërdoihna | |
| elative | *mërdasta | *mërdoista | |
| illative | *mërtahën | *mërtoihën | |
| adessive | *mërdalla | *mërdoilla | |
| ablative | *mërdalta | *mërdoilta | |
| allative | *mërtalën *mërtalëk |
*mërtoilën *mërtoilëk | |
| essive | *mërtana | *mërtoina | |
| translative | *mërdaksi | *mërdoiksi | |
| instructive | *mërdan | *mërdoin | |
| comitative | *mërtanëk | *mërtoinëk | |
| abessive | *mërdatta | *mërdoitta | |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: mõrd
- Finnish: merta
- → Northern Sami: meardi
- Ingrian: merta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: mȭrda
- → Latvian: murds
- Livvi: merdu
- Ludian: merd
- Veps: merd
- Võro: mõrd
- Votic: mõrtõ
Further reading
edit- “mõrd”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012