Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/morcijan

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

From earlier *mortijami, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian mārša, Lithuanian marti and Old Prussian martin (“bride”)).

Noun

*morcijan[1]

  1. bride

Inflection

Inflection of *morcijan
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *morcijan *morcijamët
accusative *morcijamën *morcijamët
genitive *morcijamën *morcijandën
*morcijamidën
partitive *morcijanta *morcijamida
inessive *morcijamëssa
*morcijamëhna 		*morcijamissa
*morcijamihna
elative *morcijamësta *morcijamista
illative *morcijamëhën *morcijamihën
adessive *morcijamëlla *morcijamilla
ablative *morcijamëlta *morcijamilta
allative *morcijamëlën
*morcijamëlëk 		*morcijamilën
*morcijamilëk
essive *morcijamëna *morcijamina
translative *morcijamëksi *morcijamiksi
instructive *morcijamën *morcijamin
comitative *morcijamënëk *morcijaminëk
abessive *morcijamëtta *morcijamitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: mõrsja
  • Finnish: morsian
  • Ingrian: morsia
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: moršien
    • South Karelian: moržien
  • Veps: murzain
  • Võro: mõrsja
  • → Proto-Samic: *moarsē (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Further reading

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