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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/moisa

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.

Noun

*moisa

  1. large farm, farmstead

Inflection
Inflection of *moisa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *moisa *moisat
accusative *moisan *moisat
genitive *moisan *moisadën
*moisëidën
partitive *moisada *moisëida
inessive *moisassa
*moisahna		 *moisëissa
*moisëihna
elative *moisasta *moisëista
illative *moisahën *moisëihën
adessive *moisalla *moisëilla
ablative *moisalta *moisëilta
allative *moisalën
*moisalëk		 *moisëilën
*moisëilëk
essive *moisana *moisëina
translative *moisaksi *moisëiksi
instructive *moisan *moisëin
comitative *moisanëk *moisëinëk
abessive *moisatta *moisëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: mõis
  • ⇒ Finnish: moisio
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: mȯizõ
    • Vidzeme Livonian: moiz
      • → Latvian: muiža
  • Võro: mõisa
  • Votic: mõizõ
  • → Russian: мыза (myza)

Further reading
  • “mõis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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