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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalma

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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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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

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*kalma[1]

  1. grave
  2. death

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kalma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • 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