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:
  • North Karelian: mänö
  • South Karelian: mänö
• Livvi: meno, menoi
• Ludian: mänö
• Võro: mino
• Votic: meno

Further reading

• “mõnu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “meno”, 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