Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ilma

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ilma. The old religious sense "heaven" was mainly lost (save for the theonym *Ilmari), replaced by the Indo-European loanword *taivas.

Noun

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*ilma[1]

  1. air
  2. sky
  3. weather

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: ilm
  • Finnish: ilma
  • Ingrian: ilma
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ilma
    • South Karelian: ilma
  • Livonian: īlma
  • Livvi: ilmu
  • Ludian: ilm
  • Veps: il'm
  • Võro: ilm
  • Votic: ilmõ

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ilma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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