Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/manta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?].[1]
Noun
*manta
Inflection
Inflection of *manta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *manta | *mandat | |
| accusative | *mandan | *mandat | |
| genitive | *mandan | *mantadën *mantoidën | |
| partitive | *mantada | *mantoida | |
| inessive | *mandassa *mandahna |
*mandoissa *mandoihna | |
| elative | *mandasta | *mandoista | |
| illative | *mantahën | *mantoihën | |
| adessive | *mandalla | *mandoilla | |
| ablative | *mandalta | *mandoilta | |
| allative | *mantalën *mantalëk |
*mantoilën *mantoilëk | |
| essive | *mantana | *mantoina | |
| translative | *mandaksi | *mandoiksi | |
| instructive | *mandan | *mandoin | |
| comitative | *mantanëk | *mantoinëk | |
| abessive | *mandatta | *mandoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
From *manta:
- →? Proto-Samic: *māntē (see there for further descendants)
From *mantu (+ *-u):
- Finnish: mantu
- Ingrian: mantu
- Karelian:
- Livvi: mandu
- → Proto-Samic: *māntō (see there for further descendants)
From *mandëk (+ *-ëk):
- →? Proto-Samic: *māntëk (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mantu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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