Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammëh

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-Ugric *amma- +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*ammëh

1. tub, vat

Inflection

Inflection of *ammëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ammëh	*ammëhët
accusative		*ammëhën	*ammëhët
genitive		*ammëhën	*ammëhtën *ammëhidën
partitive		*ammëhta	*ammëhita
inessive		*ammëhëssa *ammëhëhna	*ammëhissa *ammëhihna
elative		*ammëhësta	*ammëhista
illative		*ammëhësën	*ammëhisën
adessive		*ammëhëlla	*ammëhilla
ablative		*ammëhëlta	*ammëhilta
allative		*ammëhëlën *ammëhëlëk	*ammëhilën *ammëhilëk
essive		*ammëhëna	*ammëhina
translative		*ammëhëksi	*ammëhiksi
instructive		*ammëhën	*ammëhin
comitative		*ammëhënëk	*ammëhinëk
abessive		*ammëhëtta	*ammëhitta

Descendants

From *ammëh:

• Finnish: amme
  • → Inari Sami: aammah
  • → Northern Sami: ammaš
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ammeh

From *ammi:

• Finnish: (dialectal) ammi
• Ingrian: ammi

Possibly by metathesis from earlier *am(m)on, *am(m)un:

• Estonian: anum
• Võro: annom'

Further reading

• “anum”, 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), “amme”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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