Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mo-

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 Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (compare Komi-Zyrian мыд (myd), Udmurt мыд (myd), Eastern Mari моло (molo)), perhaps a variant of *mu (whence *muu (“other”)).

Pronoun

*mo-

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: that? other?

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *molëmpi

Descendants

No direct descendants exist, only derived terms. The following are some derived terms that have a distribution too narrow to be securely considered Proto-Finnic terms:

*moinën (+ *-inën)

• Finnish: moinen (“such, like (that)”)
• Ingrian: -moin
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: moini (“such, like (that)”)
  • South Karelian: moine (“such, like (that)”)
• Livvi: moine (“such, like (that)”)
• Ludian: moine (“such, like (that)”)

*mokoma (+ ? + *-ma)

• Finnish: mokoma (“such”) (negative or neutral)
• Ingrian: mokoma (“such”)
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: mugoma (“such”)
• Ludian: mogom (“such”)

Unsorted:

• Ingrian: moen (“such, like (that)”) (dialectal) (← *mo-gën?)

Further reading

• Kulonen, Ulla-Maija. Suomalais-ugrilaisista *mo- ja *mu-pronomini­vartaloista. SUST 215 (1993).