Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imeh
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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 *imeš, cognate with Proto-Samic *ëmës, derived from Proto-Uralic *jemä (“sacred, supernatural”) with + *-eh.
Noun
[edit]*imeh[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: ime
- Finnish: ihme
- → Ingrian: ihme
- Karelian:
- Livonian: i’m
- Ludian: ⇒ imehtuda
- Võro: imeh/imeq
- Votic: ime
- → Lule Sami: imáj
- → Northern Sami: imaš
- → Inari Sami: iimâš
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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