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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kimalainën

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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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The root *kimala possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь +‎ *-inën.

Noun

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*kimalainën

  1. bumblebee

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN. Page 158, footnote 12

Further reading

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  • kimalane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kimala⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)