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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/parma

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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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From Proto-Finno-Permic *parma, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

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*parma[1]

  1. horsefly, gadfly (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: parm
  • Finnish: paarma, (dialectal) parma
  • Ingrian: paarma
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: puarmu
  • Ludian: puarm
  • Veps: parm
  • Võro: parm
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) paarmõ

From *parmas:

References

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

Further reading

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  • parm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1466 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.