Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/möllü
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
*möllü[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *möllü
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *möllü | *möllüt | |
| accusative | *möllün | *möllüt | |
| genitive | *möllün | *möllüden *möllüiden | |
| partitive | *möllüdä | *möllüidä | |
| inessive | *möllüssä *möllühnä |
*möllüissä *möllüihnä | |
| elative | *möllüstä | *möllüistä | |
| illative | *möllühen | *möllüihen | |
| adessive | *möllüllä | *möllüillä | |
| ablative | *möllültä | *möllüiltä | |
| allative | *möllülen *möllülek |
*möllüilen *möllüilek | |
| essive | *möllünä | *möllüinä | |
| translative | *möllüksi | *möllüiksi | |
| instructive | *möllün | *möllüin | |
| comitative | *möllünek | *möllüinek | |
| abessive | *möllüttä | *möllüittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: möll
- Finnish: (dialectal) mölly
- Võro: müll
From *möllo(i):
- Finnish: (dialectal) möllö
Further reading
- “möll”, 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), “mölly”, 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