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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/minä

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

From Proto-Uralic *minä. The -u in oblique forms has been compared with Sami * as seen in the first-person dual pronoun *monōj.

Pronoun

*minä

  1. I, me

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: mina, ma
  • Finnish: minä, (colloquial/dialectal) , mää, miä, mie
  • Ingrian: miä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: mie
    • South Karelian: mie
  • Livonian: minā, ma
  • Livvi: minä
  • Ludian: minä
  • Veps: minä
  • Võro: ma, maq
  • Votic: miä

References

  • mina 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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