Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roosma
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *rusmô, whence Old Norse rosm- in compound rosmhvalr (“walrus”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*roosma (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *roosma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *roosma | *roosmat | |
| accusative | *roosman | *roosmat | |
| genitive | *roosman | *roosmadën *roosmëidën | |
| partitive | *roosmada | *roosmëida | |
| inessive | *roosmassa *roosmahna |
*roosmëissa *roosmëihna | |
| elative | *roosmasta | *roosmëista | |
| illative | *roosmahën | *roosmëihën | |
| adessive | *roosmalla | *roosmëilla | |
| ablative | *roosmalta | *roosmëilta | |
| allative | *roosmalën *roosmalëk |
*roosmëilën *roosmëilëk | |
| essive | *roosmana | *roosmëina | |
| translative | *roosmaksi | *roosmëiksi | |
| instructive | *roosman | *roosmëin | |
| comitative | *roosmanëk | *roosmëinëk | |
| abessive | *roosmatta | *roosmëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *roosma:
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: ruožma
From *roosmëk (+ *-ëk):
From *roosmëh (+ *-ëh):
References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.