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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 | *mataladën *mataloidën | |
| partitive | *matalata | *mataloita | |
| inessive | *matalassa *matalahna |
*mataloissa *mataloihna | |
| elative | *matalasta | *mataloista | |
| illative | *matalasën | *mataloisën | |
| adessive | *matalalla | *mataloilla | |
| ablative | *matalalta | *mataloilta | |
| allative | *matalalën *matalalëk |
*mataloilën *mataloilëk | |
| essive | *matalana | *mataloina | |
| translative | *matalaksi | *mataloiksi | |
| instructive | *matalan | *mataloin | |
| comitative | *matalanëk | *mataloinëk | |
| abessive | *matalatta | *mataloitta | |
Descendants
References
- “madal”, 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), 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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