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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maima

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

Unknown. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz (whence Old Norse mjór (“thin, slender”)).

Noun

*maima

  1. small fish, fishling

Inflection
Inflection of *maima
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *maima *maimat
accusative *maiman *maimat
genitive *maiman *maimadën
*maimoidën
partitive *maimada *maimoida
inessive *maimassa
*maimahna		 *maimoissa
*maimoihna
elative *maimasta *maimoista
illative *maimahën *maimoihën
adessive *maimalla *maimoilla
ablative *maimalta *maimoilta
allative *maimalën
*maimalëk		 *maimoilën
*maimoilëk
essive *maimana *maimoina
translative *maimaksi *maimoiksi
instructive *maiman *maimoin
comitative *maimanëk *maimoinëk
abessive *maimatta *maimoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: maim
  • Finnish: maiva, maima
  • Karelian: maima
  • Livvi: maimu
  • Ludian: maim
  • Veps: maim
  • Võro: maim
  • Votic: (rare, obsolete) maima

Further reading
  • “maim”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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