Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imä

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

Possibly related to Northern Sami amiidit. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*imä

1. sweet, oversweet

Inflection

Inflection of *imä

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*imä	*imät
accusative		*imän	*imät
genitive		*imän	*imäden *imeiden
partitive		*imädä	*imeidä
inessive		*imässä *imähnä	*imeissä *imeihnä
elative		*imästä	*imeistä
illative		*imähen	*imeihen
adessive		*imällä	*imeillä
ablative		*imältä	*imeiltä
allative		*imälen *imälek	*imeilen *imeilek
essive		*imänä	*imeinä
translative		*imäksi	*imeiksi
instructive		*imän	*imein
comitative		*imänek	*imeinek
abessive		*imättä	*imeittä

Descendants

From *imä:

• Estonian: (dialectal) ima, ⇒ imal
• Livonian: ⇒ imāb
• Võro: ⇒ imähtämä/imähtäq
• Votic: ⇒ imiä

From *imelä (+ *-lä):

• Finnish: imelä
• Ingrian: immeelä
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: imelä
  • South Karelian: imelä
• Livvi: imely
• Ludian: imel
• Veps: imel'

Further reading

• “imal”, 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), “imelä”, 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