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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/entinen
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *enci + *-inen.
Adjective
*entinen
- former, previous
Inflection
Inflection of *entinen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *entinen | *enticet | |
accusative | *enticen | *enticet | |
genitive | *enticen | *endicten *enticiden | |
partitive | *endictä | *enticitä | |
inessive | *enticessä *enticehnä | *enticissä *enticihnä | |
elative | *enticestä | *enticistä | |
illative | *enticesen | *enticisen | |
adessive | *enticellä | *enticillä | |
ablative | *enticeltä | *enticiltä | |
allative | *enticelen *enticelek | *enticilen *enticilek | |
essive | *endinnä | *enticinä | |
translative | *enticeksi | *enticiksi | |
instructive | *enticen | *enticin | |
comitative | *endinnek | *enticinek | |
abessive | *enticettä | *enticittä |
Descendants
- Estonian: endine
- Finnish: entinen
- Ingrian: entiin
- Karelian: entine (Northern), endine (Southern)
- Livonian: ändõst- (in compounds), endi (Salaca)
- Livvi: endine
- Ludian: endine
- Veps: enzne, endzne
- Votic: entin
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “entinen”, in 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