Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooma

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse drómi).

Noun

*rooma

1. strap used to join the shafts of a carriage, sled etc. to the horse collar

   Synonym: *rahkëh

Inflection

Inflection of *rooma

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rooma	*roomat
accusative		*rooman	*roomat
genitive		*rooman	*roomadën *roomëidën
partitive		*roomada	*roomëida
inessive		*roomassa *roomahna	*roomëissa *roomëihna
elative		*roomasta	*roomëista
illative		*roomahën	*roomëihën
adessive		*roomalla	*roomëilla
ablative		*roomalta	*roomëilta
allative		*roomalën *roomalëk	*roomëilën *roomëilëk
essive		*roomana	*roomëina
translative		*roomaksi	*roomëiksi
instructive		*rooman	*roomëin
comitative		*roomanëk	*roomëinëk
abessive		*roomatta	*roomëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: room
• Finnish: ruoma
  • → Inari Sami: ruomâ
  • → Northern Sami: ruopma
• Ingrian: rooma
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ruoma
• Votic: roomõ

Further reading

• “room”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruoma”, in 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