Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/marhaminta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
A compound of unattested *marha (borrowed from Proto-Germanic *marhaz) + unattested *minta (borrowed from Proto-Germanic *minþlą (“bridle”), whence Old High German mindil, Old Norse mél).
Noun
*marhaminta (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *marhaminta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *marhaminta | *marhamindat | |
| accusative | *marhamindan | *marhamindat | |
| genitive | *marhamindan | *marhamintadën *marhamintoidën | |
| partitive | *marhamintada | *marhamintoida | |
| inessive | *marhamindassa *marhamindahna |
*marhamindoissa *marhamindoihna | |
| elative | *marhamindasta | *marhamindoista | |
| illative | *marhamintahën | *marhamintoihën | |
| adessive | *marhamindalla | *marhamindoilla | |
| ablative | *marhamindalta | *marhamindoilta | |
| allative | *marhamintalën *marhamintalëk |
*marhamintoilën *marhamintoilëk | |
| essive | *marhamintana | *marhamintoina | |
| translative | *marhamindaksi | *marhamindoiksi | |
| instructive | *marhamindan | *marhamindoin | |
| comitative | *marhamintanëk | *marhamintoinëk | |
| abessive | *marhamindatta | *marhamindoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: marhaminta, (dialectal) marhain
- Ingrian: ⇒ marhamet
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: marhaminta
- South Karelian: marhaminda
- Veps: ⇒ varhind
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “marhaminta”, 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