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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/morcijan
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *mortijami, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Old Prussian martin (“bride”) and Lithuanian marti).
Noun
*morcijan
- bride
Inflection
Inflection of *morcijan
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *morcijan | *morcijamet | |
accusative | *morcijamen | *morcijamet | |
genitive | *morcijamen | *morcijanden *morcijamiden | |
partitive | *morcijanta | *morcijamida | |
inessive | *morcijamessa | *morcijamissa | |
elative | *morcijamesta | *morcijamista | |
illative | *morcijamehen | *morcijamihen | |
adessive | *morcijamella | *morcijamilla | |
ablative | *morcijamelta | *morcijamilta | |
allative | *morcijamelek | *morcijamilek | |
essive | *morcijamena | *morcijamina | |
translative | *morcijameksi | *morcijamiksi | |
instructive | *morcijamen | *morcijamin | |
comitative | *morcijamenek | *morcijaminek | |
abessive | *morcijamekta | *morcijamikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: mõrsja
- Finnish: morsian
- Ingrian: morssia
- Karelian: morsien
- Veps: murzain, murzei
- Võro: mõrsja
- → Samic: *moarsē
Further reading
- mõrsja in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN