Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/murjat'ak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
According to Metsäranta (2023), possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *murja-, if cognate with Proto-Permic [Term?] (whence Komi-Zyrian мырд (myrd), Udmurt мыр-мыр (myr-myr)).[1] Contains the suffix + *-t'ak.
Verb
*murjat'ak (stem *murjada-)
Inflection
Inflection of *murjat'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *murjadan | *murjacin | — | *murjatkon |
| 2nd sing. | *murjadat | *murjacit | *murjadak | *murjatkos |
| 3rd sing. | *murjadapi *murjat |
*murjaci | *murjatkasën | *murjatkosën |
| 1st plur. | *murjadakma | *murjacima | *murjatkatëma | *murjatkotëma |
| 2nd plur. | *murjadakta | *murjacita | *murjatkata | *murjatkotta |
| 3rd plur. | *murjadabat *murjat |
*murjaci | *murjatkasën | *murjatkosën |
| passive | *murjadaksën *murjadat'aksën |
*murjattisën *murjadattihën |
*murjattakahën *murjadattagasën |
*murjattakohën *murjadattagosën |
| connegative | *murjadak | — | *murjatkak | *murjatkok |
| passive connegative | *murjadaktak | — | *murjattagak *murjadattagak |
*murjattagok *murjadattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *murjadakcin | *murjacicin | *murjannën | |
| 2nd sing. | *murjadakcit | *murjacicit | *murjannët | |
| 3rd sing. | *murjadakci | *murjacici | *murjanni | |
| 1st plur. | *murjadakcima | *murjacicima | *murjannëma | |
| 2nd plur. | *murjadakcida | *murjacicida | *murjannëta | |
| 3rd plur. | *murjadakci | *murjacici | *murjanni | |
| passive | *murjat'akcihën *murjadat'akcisën |
*murjatticihën *murjadatticisën |
*murjattanëhën *murjadattanësën | |
| connegative | *murjadakcik | *murjacicik | *murjannëk | |
| passive connegative | *murjat'akcik *murjadat'akcik |
*murjatticik *murjadatticik |
*murjattanëk *murjadattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *murjat'ak | present | *murjadapa | *murjattapa *murjadattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *murjattë- | past | *murjannut | *murjattu *murjadattu |
| gerund/supine | *murjadama | negative | *murjadamat'oin | |
| action noun | *murjadaminën | |||
Descendants
From *murjoidak (with *-oidak):
- Finnish: murjoa
- Ingrian: murjoa
- → Votic: murjoa
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: murjuo
- South Karelian: murjuo
- Livvi: murjuo
References
- ^ Metsäranta, Niklas. Permeating etymology – remarks on Permic etymology. USA/JSFOu 99, 2023. pp. 189–191
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “murjoa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN