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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/matala
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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
Unknown; possibly *matadak (“to creep”) + *-la, though the semantic development is unclear.
Inflection
Inflection of *matala
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *matala | *matalat | |
| accusative | *matalan | *matalat | |
| genitive | *matalan | *mataladen *mataloiden | |
| partitive | *matalata | *mataloita | |
| inessive | *matalassa *matalahna |
*mataloissa *mataloihna | |
| elative | *matalasta | *mataloista | |
| illative | *matalasen | *mataloisen | |
| adessive | *matalalla | *mataloilla | |
| ablative | *matalalta | *mataloilta | |
| allative | *matalalen *matalalek |
*mataloilen *mataloilek | |
| essive | *matalana | *mataloina | |
| translative | *matalaksi | *mataloiksi | |
| instructive | *matalan | *mataloin | |
| comitative | *matalanek | *mataloinek | |
| abessive | *matalatta | *mataloitta | |
Descendants
References
- madal in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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