Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammu-

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 *ammi, from Proto-Uralic *amme (“old”). Cognate with Hungarian ó.

Adverb

*ammu-

1. long ago, in the old times

Descendants

From *ammu-:

• Estonian: ammu
• Ingrian: aamuin
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ammuin
  • South Karelian: ammuin
• Livonian: amūst
• Livvi: ammui
• Ludian: amu
• Veps: amu
• Võro: ammuq
• Votic: ammu- (in compound: ammuaika)

From *ammo-:

• Finnish: ammoin
• Karelian: ammoin

Further reading

• “ammu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ammë⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)