Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/musta
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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
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly a substrate loan from the pre-Finnic languages of the Baltic. A Germanic origin has been proposed, based on dialectal Norwegian Bokmål must (“steam, fume, mist”),[1] but this etymology must be rejected, as the proposed Norwegian word appears to be a variant of a dialectal musk (cognate with dialectal Swedish musk, Icelandic musk, probably from Proto-Germanic *muskiz) inspired by most, a Latin loanword (ultimately from Latin mustum).[2]
Adjective
edit*musta[3]
Inflection
editInflection of *musta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *musta | *mustat | |
| accusative | *mustan | *mustat | |
| genitive | *mustan | *mustadën *mustëidën | |
| partitive | *mustada | *mustëida | |
| inessive | *mustassa *mustahna |
*mustëissa *mustëihna | |
| elative | *mustasta | *mustëista | |
| illative | *mustahën | *mustëihën | |
| adessive | *mustalla | *mustëilla | |
| ablative | *mustalta | *mustëilta | |
| allative | *mustalën *mustalëk |
*mustëilën *mustëilëk | |
| essive | *mustana | *mustëina | |
| translative | *mustaksi | *mustëiksi | |
| instructive | *mustan | *mustëin | |
| comitative | *mustanëk | *mustëinëk | |
| abessive | *mustatta | *mustëitta | |