Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maldas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *maltaz, *maltą.
Noun
*maldas
Inflection
Inflection of *maldas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maldas | *maltahët | |
| accusative | *maltahën | *maltahët | |
| genitive | *maltahën | *maldastën *maltahidën | |
| partitive | *maldasta | *maltahita | |
| inessive | *maltahëssa *maltahëhna |
*maltahissa *maltahihna | |
| elative | *maltahësta | *maltahista | |
| illative | *maltahësën | *maltahisën | |
| adessive | *maltahëlla | *maltahilla | |
| ablative | *maltahëlta | *maltahilta | |
| allative | *maltahëlën *maltahëlëk |
*maltahilën *maltahilëk | |
| essive | *maldassa | *maltahina | |
| translative | *maltahëksi | *maltahiksi | |
| instructive | *maltahën | *maltahin | |
| comitative | *maldassëk | *maltahinëk | |
| abessive | *maltahëtta | *maltahitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: mallas
- → Estonian: (dialectal) mallad pl
- Ingrian: mallas
- Votic: (Eastern Votic) mallaz, (Jõgõperä) maltad pl
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mallas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN