< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/niici
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *niiti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian nīts and Lithuanian nytis).
Noun
*niici
- heddle (part of a loom)
Inflection
Inflection of *niici
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *niici | *niidet | |
| accusative | *niiden | *niidet | |
| genitive | *niiden | *niit'en *niiciden | |
| partitive | *niittä | *niicidä | |
| inessive | *niidessä | *niicissä | |
| elative | *niidestä | *niicistä | |
| illative | *niitehen | *niicihen | |
| adessive | *niidellä | *niicillä | |
| ablative | *niideltä | *niiciltä | |
| allative | *niitelek | *niicilek | |
| essive | *niinnä | *niicinä | |
| translative | *niideksi | *niiciksi | |
| instructive | *niiden | *niicin | |
| comitative | *niinnek | *niicinek | |
| abessive | *niidektä | *niiciktä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: niis
- Finnish: niisi
- Ingrian: niisi
- Karelian: niisi, niizi
- Livonian: nīdõz
- Livvi: niiži
- Ludian: niiž
- Veps: niž
- Votic: niisi
Further reading
- niis in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN