Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harmaga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *šarma > *harma + *-ga, a back vowel variant of *härmä, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian serma, sarma and Lithuanian šarma).
Adjective
[edit]*harmaga
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *harmaga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *harmaga | *harmagat | |
| accusative | *harmagan | *harmagat | |
| genitive | *harmagan | *harmagadën *harmagoidën | |
| partitive | *harmagata | *harmagoita | |
| inessive | *harmagassa *harmagahna |
*harmagoissa *harmagoihna | |
| elative | *harmagasta | *harmagoista | |
| illative | *harmagasën | *harmagoisën | |
| adessive | *harmagalla | *harmagoilla | |
| ablative | *harmagalta | *harmagoilta | |
| allative | *harmagalën *harmagalëk |
*harmagoilën *harmagoilëk | |
| essive | *harmagana | *harmagoina | |
| translative | *harmagaksi | *harmagoiksi | |
| instructive | *harmagan | *harmagoin | |
| comitative | *harmaganëk | *harmagoinëk | |
| abessive | *harmagatta | *harmagoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) arm
- Finnish: harmaa, (dialectal) harmaja, harmava
- Kven: harmaja
- Ingrian: harmaa
- → Votic: harma
- Karelian:
- Livvi: harmai
- Ludian: harmag
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “harmaa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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