Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahma

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 earlier *ašma (whence also Proto-Samic *vuosvēs), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (whence Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)).

Noun

*ahma

1. glutton (one who eats voraciously)
2. wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Inflection

Inflection of *ahma

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahma	*ahmat
accusative		*ahman	*ahmat
genitive		*ahman	*ahmadën *ahmoidën
partitive		*ahmada	*ahmoida
inessive		*ahmassa *ahmahna	*ahmoissa *ahmoihna
elative		*ahmasta	*ahmoista
illative		*ahmahën	*ahmoihën
adessive		*ahmalla	*ahmoilla
ablative		*ahmalta	*ahmoilta
allative		*ahmalën *ahmalëk	*ahmoilën *ahmoilëk
essive		*ahmana	*ahmoina
translative		*ahmaksi	*ahmoiksi
instructive		*ahman	*ahmoin
comitative		*ahmanëk	*ahmoinëk
abessive		*ahmatta	*ahmoitta

Derived terms

• *ahmidak

Descendants

• Estonian: ahm
• Finnish: ahma
• ⇒ Ingrian: ahmastaa
• Karelian: ahma
• → Proto-Samic: *āsvā

From *ahmoi:

• Finnish: (dialectal) ahmo
• Ingrian: ahmo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ahmo
  • South Karelian: ahmo
• Livvi: ahmoi
• Ludian: ahmo

Further reading

• “ahm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012