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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meno

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 *mendäk +‎ *-o.

Noun

*meno

  1. going
  2. loss, expense, expenditure
  3. noise; racket

Inflection
Inflection of *meno
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *meno *menot
accusative *menon *menot
genitive *menon *menodën
*menoidën
partitive *menoda *menoida
inessive *menossa
*menohna		 *menoissa
*menoihna
elative *menosta *menoista
illative *menohën *menoihën
adessive *menolla *menoilla
ablative *menolta *menoilta
allative *menolën
*menolëk		 *menoilën
*menoilëk
essive *menona *menoina
translative *menoksi *menoiksi
instructive *menon *menoin
comitative *menonëk *menoinëk
abessive *menotta *menoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: mõnu
  • Finnish: meno
    • → Estonian: menu
    • → Northern Sami: meannu
  • Ingrian: mänö
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: meno, menoi
  • Ludian: mänö
  • Võro: mino
  • Votic: meno

Further reading
  • mõnu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “meno”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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