Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mees

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“male in-law”). This theory requires an earlier form *meeɣäs : *meeɣähe-, which was elided into the actually encountered *mees : *meehe-.[1] The word is an innovation replacing Proto-Uralic *koje (“man”).

Relationship to the Proto-Uralic root *mańćɜ has also been proposed, reflected in the ethnonyms Mansi and Magyar, of Indo-Iranian origin (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás (“man”), Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá)); however, this comparison is phonetically untenable.

Noun

*mees[2]

  1. man, male
  2. husband

Inflection

This is the only reconstructable single-syllable noun that ended in a consonant.

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Estonian: mees
  • Finnish: mies
  • Ingrian: mees
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: mīez, (Salaca) mies
  • Livvi: mies
  • Ludian: miez
  • Veps: mezʹ
  • Võro: miis'
  • Votic: meez

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “mies”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*mees”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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