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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-u

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

Alternative forms
  • *-ü (front harmony variant)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *-w.

Suffix

*-u

  1. Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns, and verbs, most commonly from e-stems.
    ‎*karheda (“coarse”) + ‎*-u → ‎*karhu (“bear (originally euphemistic)”)
    ‎*mäntä (“mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine")”) + ‎*-u → ‎*mäntü (“pine tree”)
    ‎*itkedäk (“to cry, weep”) + ‎*-u → ‎*itku (“cry, weeping”)

Inflection
Inflection of *-u
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *-u *-ut
accusative *-un *-ut
genitive *-un *-uden
*-uiden
partitive *-uda *-uida
inessive *-ussa
*-uhna		 *-uissa
*-uihna
elative *-usta *-uista
illative *-uhen *-uihen
adessive *-ulla *-uilla
ablative *-ulta *-uilta
allative *-ulen
*-ulek		 *-uilen
*-uilek
essive *-una *-uina
translative *-uksi *-uiksi
instructive *-un *-uin
comitative *-unek *-uinek
abessive *-utta *-uitta

Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-u

Descendants
  • Estonian: -u
  • Finnish: -u
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