Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imeh

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 *imeš, cognate with Proto-Samic *ëmës, derived from Proto-Uralic *jemä (“sacred, supernatural”) with +‎ *-eh.

Noun

*imeh

1. miracle, wonder

Inflection

Inflection of *imeh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*imeh	*imehet
accusative		*imehen	*imehet
genitive		*imehen	*imehten *imehiden
partitive		*imehtä	*imehitä
inessive		*imehessä *imehehnä	*imehissä *imehihnä
elative		*imehestä	*imehistä
illative		*imehesen	*imehisen
adessive		*imehellä	*imehillä
ablative		*imeheltä	*imehiltä
allative		*imehelen *imehelek	*imehilen *imehilek
essive		*imehenä	*imehinä
translative		*imeheksi	*imehiksi
instructive		*imehen	*imehin
comitative		*imehenek	*imehinek
abessive		*imehettä	*imehittä

Derived terms

• *imehteldäk

Descendants

• Estonian: ime
• Finnish: ihme
  • → Ingrian: ihme
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: imeh
  • South Karelian: imeh
• Livonian: i’m
• Ludian: ⇒ imehtuda
• Võro: imeh/imeq
• Votic: ime
• → Lule Sami: imáj
• → Northern Sami: imaš
• → Inari Sami: iimâš

Further reading

• “ime”, 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), 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