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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kämmen

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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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Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*kämmen

  1. palm (of the hand)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: kämmen
  • Ingrian: kämmen
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kämmen
  • Ludian: kämmen
  • Veps: kämen

From *kämmäl:

Further reading

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  • kämmal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kämme-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Entry #265 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.