Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruma
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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]Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hruma-) (whence Icelandic hrumur).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*ruma[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ruma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ruma | *rumat | |
| accusative | *ruman | *rumat | |
| genitive | *ruman | *rumadën *rumëidën | |
| partitive | *rumada | *rumëida | |
| inessive | *rumassa *rumahna |
*rumëissa *rumëihna | |
| elative | *rumasta | *rumëista | |
| illative | *rumahën | *rumëihën | |
| adessive | *rumalla | *rumëilla | |
| ablative | *rumalta | *rumëilta | |
| allative | *rumalën *rumalëk |
*rumëilën *rumëilëk | |
| essive | *rumana | *rumëina | |
| translative | *rumaksi | *rumëiksi | |
| instructive | *ruman | *rumëin | |
| comitative | *rumanëk | *rumëinëk | |
| abessive | *rumatta | *rumëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *ruma:
- Finnish: ruma
- Ingrian: ruma
- Karelian: ruma
- Livvi: ruma
- Ludian: ruma
- Veps: ruma
- Votic: ruma
- → Northern Sami: ropmi
From *ruma-la:
- Estonian: rumal
- ⇒ Livonian: rumāli, (Salaca) rumal
- Võro: rummal'
- Votic: (Jõgõperä) rumalõ
- → Latvian: rumulēt, rumelēt
Further reading
[edit]- “rumal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012