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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äitei
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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 *aiþį̄, or alternatively a nursery word, like the Germanic word.
Inflection
Inflection of *äitei
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *äitei | *äideit | |
| accusative | *äidein | *äideit | |
| genitive | *äidein | *äiteiden *äiteiden | |
| partitive | *äiteidä | *äiteidä | |
| inessive | *äideissä *äideihnä |
*äideissä *äideihnä | |
| elative | *äideistä | *äideistä | |
| illative | *äiteihen | *äiteihen | |
| adessive | *äideillä | *äideillä | |
| ablative | *äideiltä | *äideiltä | |
| allative | *äiteilen *äiteilek |
*äiteilen *äiteilek | |
| essive | *äiteinä | *äiteinä | |
| translative | *äideiksi | *äideiksi | |
| instructive | *äidein | *äidein | |
| comitative | *äiteinek | *äiteinek | |
| abessive | *äideittä | *äideittä | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “eit”, 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), “äiti”, 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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