Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naa

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *na; alternatively, see *taa, from which by analogy with *tämä ~ *nämä, *too ~ *noo.

Pronoun

*naa[1]

  1. those (medial/distal?)

Determiner

*naa[1]

  1. those (medial/distal?)

Usage notes

In Northern Finnic (Finnish, Karelian, Livvi, Ludic) descendants, also used proximally.

Inflection

See *taa.

Descendants

From *naa:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) naa
  • Karelian:
    South Karelian: noa
  • Livvi: nua

From *naat:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*naa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

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