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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mërta

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 [Term?], whence Swedish mjärde.

Noun

*mërta

  1. fish trap

Inflection
Inflection of *mërta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mërta *mërdat
accusative *mërdan *mërdat
genitive *mërdan *mërtadën
*mërtoidën
partitive *mërtada *mërtoida
inessive *mërdassa
*mërdahna		 *mërdoissa
*mërdoihna
elative *mërdasta *mërdoista
illative *mërtahën *mërtoihën
adessive *mërdalla *mërdoilla
ablative *mërdalta *mërdoilta
allative *mërtalën
*mërtalëk		 *mërtoilën
*mërtoilëk
essive *mërtana *mërtoina
translative *mërdaksi *mërdoiksi
instructive *mërdan *mërdoin
comitative *mërtanëk *mërtoinëk
abessive *mërdatta *mërdoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: mõrd
  • Finnish: merta
  • Ingrian: merta
  • Karelian: merta, merda
  • Livonian: mȭrda
    • → Latvian: murds
  • Livvi: merdu
  • Ludian: merd
  • Veps: merd
  • Võro: mõrd
  • Votic: mõrtõ

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