Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/muru

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

*mur- +‎ *-u. From the same root as *murëda and *murtadak.

Noun

*muru^[1]

small piece, crumb

Inflection

Inflection of *muru

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*muru	*murut
accusative	*murun	*murut
genitive	*murun	murudën muruidën
partitive	*muruda	*muruida
inessive	murussa muruhna	muruissa muruihna
elative	*murusta	*muruista
illative	*muruhën	*muruihën
adessive	*murulla	*muruilla
ablative	*murulta	*muruilta
allative	murulën murulëk	muruilën muruilëk
essive	*muruna	*muruina
translative	*muruksi	*muruiksi
instructive	*murun	*muruin
comitative	*murunëk	*muruinëk
abessive	*murutta	*muruitta

Descendants

Estonian: (dialectal) muru
Finnish: muru
Ingrian: muru
Karelian:
- North Karelian: muru
- South Karelian: muru
Livvi: muru
Ludian: muru
Veps: muru
Votic: muru

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*muru”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“muru”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “muru”, 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

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*muru”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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