Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mardas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.
Adjective
*mardas[1]
Usage notes
May have been used to form a compound noun meaning "epidermis", though the precise formation is unrecoverable. Compare e.g. Estonian marrask, Finnish marraskesi, Ingrian marraskettu, Karelian marrasnahka, Ludian mardaznahk, Livonian mǭrdugnǭ'g (the second component being variably from *keci, *këttu, *nahka).
Inflection
Inflection of *mardas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mardas | *martahët | |
| accusative | *martahën | *martahët | |
| genitive | *martahën | *mardastën *martahidën | |
| partitive | *mardasta | *martahita | |
| inessive | *martahëssa *martahëhna |
*martahissa *martahihna | |
| elative | *martahësta | *martahista | |
| illative | *martahësën | *martahisën | |
| adessive | *martahëlla | *martahilla | |
| ablative | *martahëlta | *martahilta | |
| allative | *martahëlën *martahëlëk |
*martahilën *martahilëk | |
| essive | *mardassa | *martahina | |
| translative | *martahëksi | *martahiksi | |
| instructive | *martahën | *martahin | |
| comitative | *mardassëk | *martahinëk | |
| abessive | *martahëtta | *martahitta | |
Synonyms
- (dead): *koollut, *surnut
- (dying): *koolëba, *surëba
Descendants
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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