Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kolmi
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
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Cardinal : *kolmi Ordinal : *kolmanci | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Many descendants point to an extended variant *kolmët. Compare also Eastern Mari кумыт (kumyt), predicative form of кум (kum, “3”); *kolmë was probably derived from this through deletion of the word-final *-t, and is found in several descendants. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain *-t
Numeral
[edit]*kolmi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kolmi
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 | *kolmi | *kolmët | |
accusative | *kolmën | *kolmët | |
genitive | *kolmën | *kolmëdën *kolmidën | |
partitive | *kolmëda | *kolmida | |
inessive | *kolmëssa *kolmëhna |
*kolmissa *kolmihna | |
elative | *kolmësta | *kolmista | |
illative | *kolmëhën | *kolmihën | |
adessive | *kolmëlla | *kolmilla | |
ablative | *kolmëlta | *kolmilta | |
allative | *kolmëlën *kolmëlëk |
*kolmilën *kolmilëk | |
essive | *kolmëna | *kolmina | |
translative | *kolmëksi | *kolmiksi | |
instructive | *kolmën | *kolmin | |
comitative | *kolmënëk | *kolminëk | |
abessive | *kolmëtta | *kolmitta |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kolm
- Finnish: kolmi (dialectal, rare; with a sporadic distribution, so might be by later analogy)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kolmi
- Livonian:
- Võro: kolm
From *kolmët:
- Finnish: kolme(ˣ) (with final gemination; primarily Western Finnish), kolmet, kolomet (Savonia, rare)
- Ingrian: kolt (with syncope)
- Votic: kõlmõd
From *kolmë (see the etymology section above):
- Finnish: kolme (without final gemination; primarily Savonia and Karelia)
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kolme
- Ludian: kolme
- Veps: koume
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Lauri Kettunen: Suomen murteet III A. Murrekartasto, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki 1940. Map #35. (Online link http://kettunen.fnhost.org/html/kett035.html)
- “kolme”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.