Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalma
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most likely from Proto-Uralic *kalma (“grave, death?”) (which would make the word a doublet with *koolëma), but compare also Proto-Germanic *kwalmaz (“killing, death”) (Proto-West Germanic *kwalm), *skalmǭ (“plague”).
Noun
[edit]*kalma[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kalma
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kalma | *kalmat | |
accusative | *kalman | *kalmat | |
genitive | *kalman | *kalmadën *kalmoidën | |
partitive | *kalmada | *kalmoida | |
inessive | *kalmassa *kalmahna |
*kalmoissa *kalmoihna | |
elative | *kalmasta | *kalmoista | |
illative | *kalmahën | *kalmoihën | |
adessive | *kalmalla | *kalmoilla | |
ablative | *kalmalta | *kalmoilta | |
allative | *kalmalën *kalmalëk |
*kalmoilën *kalmoilëk | |
essive | *kalmana | *kalmoina | |
translative | *kalmaksi | *kalmoiksi | |
instructive | *kalman | *kalmoin | |
comitative | *kalmanëk | *kalmoinëk | |
abessive | *kalmatta | *kalmoitta |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kalm
- Finnish: kalma
- Ingrian: kalmat (“cemetery”)
- Karelian:
- Livonian:
- Livvi: kalmu
- Ludian: kalm
- Veps: kaum, koum
- Võro: kalm
- Votic: kalmõ, kalmo
- → Proto-Samic: *kālmē (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- “kalm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- 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