Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nisu
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
*nisu
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *nisu
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 | *nisu | *nisut | |
accusative | *nisun | *nisut | |
genitive | *nisun | *nisudën *nisuidën | |
partitive | *nisuda | *nisuida | |
inessive | *nisussa *nisuhna |
*nisuissa *nisuihna | |
elative | *nisusta | *nisuista | |
illative | *nisuhën | *nisuihën | |
adessive | *nisulla | *nisuilla | |
ablative | *nisulta | *nisuilta | |
allative | *nisulën *nisulëk |
*nisuilën *nisuilëk | |
essive | *nisuna | *nisuina | |
translative | *nisuksi | *nisuiksi | |
instructive | *nisun | *nisuin | |
comitative | *nisunëk | *nisuinëk | |
abessive | *nisutta | *nisuitta |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: nisu
- Finnish: nisu
- Karelian: nisu
- Livonian: ni’zzõz
- Livvi: nižu
- Ludian: nižu
- Veps: nižu
- Võro: nisu
- Votic: nisu
Further reading[edit]
- “nisu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012