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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-dë-

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

Alternative forms
  • *-të- (forms used after a consonant that blocks consonant gradation)

Etymology

Possibly originally a variant of the first infinitive stem *-da- (see *-dak), with a shift from unstressed *a > *e after unstressed syllables (compare e.g. *-mpi, *-in, *-pi, *-t'oin).

Suffix

*-dë- / *-de-

  1. Suffix of the second infinitive.

Usage notes

Always inflected. At least the inessive form existed, and an instructive form also exists in many descendants.

Descendants
  • Estonian: -de-
  • Finnish: -e-
  • Ingrian: -e-
  • Livvi: -je-
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