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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meri
 | 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
Most likely borrowing from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”). Perhaps through a change *a…i > *e…i, cf. *reki.
Noun
*meri
- sea
Inflection
Inflection of *meri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *meri | *meret | |
| accusative | *meren | *meret | |
| genitive | *meren | *merden *meriden | |
| partitive | *mertä | *meridä | |
| inessive | *meressä *merehnä | *merissä *merihnä | |
| elative | *merestä | *meristä | |
| illative | *merehen | *merihen | |
| adessive | *merellä | *merillä | |
| ablative | *mereltä | *meriltä | |
| allative | *merelen *merelek | *merilen *merilek | |
| essive | *mernä | *merinä | |
| translative | *mereksi | *meriksi | |
| instructive | *meren | *merin | |
| comitative | *mernek | *merinek | |
| abessive | *merettä | *merittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: meri
- Finnish: meri
- Ingrian: meri
- Karelian: meri
- Livonian: me'r, mie'r
- Livvi: meri
- Ludian: meri
- Veps: meri
- Võro: meri
- Votic: meri
- → Proto-Samic: *mearë
References
- meri in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) 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
- Sköld, Tryggve. 1996. "Finn. meri 'Meer'". In: Lars-Gunnar Larsson (ed.), Lapponica et Uralica: 100 Jahre finnisch-ugrischer Unterricht an der Universität Uppsala. Vorträge am Jubiläumssymposium 20-23 April 1994 (Studia Uralica Uppsalaensia 26): pp. 311–316.