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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mela
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *melä.
Noun
*mela
- paddle
Inflection
Inflection of *mela
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 | *mela | *melat | |
accusative | *melan | *melat | |
genitive | *melan | *meladen *meloiden | |
partitive | *melada | *meloida | |
inessive | *melassa *melahna | *meloissa *meloihna | |
elative | *melasta | *meloista | |
illative | *melahen | *meloihen | |
adessive | *melalla | *meloilla | |
ablative | *melalta | *meloilta | |
allative | *melalen *melalek | *meloilen *meloilek | |
essive | *melana | *meloina | |
translative | *melaksi | *meloiksi | |
instructive | *melan | *meloin | |
comitative | *melanek | *meloinek | |
abessive | *melatta | *meloitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: mõla
- Finnish: mela
- Karelian: mela
- Livonian: mõlā
- Livvi: mela
- Ludian: mela
- Veps: mela
- Võro: mõla
- Votic: mõla
Further reading
- mõla in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1411 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.