Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imeh
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier *imeš, cognate with Proto-Samic *ëmës, derived from Proto-Uralic *jemä (“sacred, supernatural”) with + *-eh.
Noun[edit]
*imeh[1]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *imeh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *imeh | *imehet | |
accusative | *imehen | *imehet | |
genitive | *imehen | *imehten *imehiden | |
partitive | *imehtä | *imehitä | |
inessive | *imehessä *imehehnä |
*imehissä *imehihnä | |
elative | *imehestä | *imehistä | |
illative | *imehesen | *imehisen | |
adessive | *imehellä | *imehillä | |
ablative | *imeheltä | *imehiltä | |
allative | *imehelen *imehelek |
*imehilen *imehilek | |
essive | *imehenä | *imehinä | |
translative | *imeheksi | *imehiksi | |
instructive | *imehen | *imehin | |
comitative | *imehenek | *imehinek | |
abessive | *imehettä | *imehittä |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: ime
- Finnish: ihme
- → Ingrian: ihme
- Karelian:
- Livonian: i’m
- Ludian: ⇒ imehtuda
- Võro: imeh/imeq
- Votic: ime
- → Lule Sami: imáj
- → Northern Sami: imaš
- → Inari Sami: iimâš
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ime”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN