Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-lainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From the place suffix *-la + *-inën.
Suffix
*-lainën / *-läinen
- Forms adjectives relating to a place.
- Forms nouns referring to the inhabitant of a place.
- Forms certain diminutive nouns.
Inflection
Inflection of *-lainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-lainën | *-laicët | |
| accusative | *-laicën | *-laicët | |
| genitive | *-laicën | *-laictën *-laicidën | |
| partitive | *-laicta | *-laicida | |
| inessive | *-laicëssa *-laicëhna |
*-laicissa *-laicihna | |
| elative | *-laicësta | *-laicista | |
| illative | *-laicëhën | *-laicihën | |
| adessive | *-laicëlla | *-laicilla | |
| ablative | *-laicëlta | *-laicilta | |
| allative | *-laicëlën *-laicëlëk |
*-laicilën *-laicilëk | |
| essive | *-lainna | *-laicina | |
| translative | *-laicëksi | *-laiciksi | |
| instructive | *-laicën | *-laicin | |
| comitative | *-lainnëk | *-laicinëk | |
| abessive | *-laicëtta | *-laicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: -lane
- Finnish: -lainen
- Ingrian: -lain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: -laini
- South Karelian: -lane
- Veps: -laine
- Võro: -lanõ
- Votic: -lain
Further reading
- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.