Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruumën

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *grūdmen- (compare Latvian grūst, Lithuanian grūsti (“to crush”)), or less likely, from Proto-Germanic *krūmô.

Noun

*ruumën (Northern Finnic)

1. chaff, husk (inedible parts removed from cereal during threshing)

   Synonyms: *akana, *pëlu

Inflection

Inflection of *ruumën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ruumën	*ruumënët
accusative		*ruumënën	*ruumënët
genitive		*ruumënën	*ruumëndën *ruumënidën
partitive		*ruumënta	*ruumënita
inessive		*ruumënëssa *ruumënëhna	*ruumënissa *ruumënihna
elative		*ruumënësta	*ruumënista
illative		*ruumënësën	*ruumënisën
adessive		*ruumënëlla	*ruumënilla
ablative		*ruumënëlta	*ruumënilta
allative		*ruumënëlën *ruumënëlëk	*ruumënilën *ruumënilëk
essive		*ruumënna	*ruumënina
translative		*ruumënëksi	*ruumëniksi
instructive		*ruumënën	*ruumënin
comitative		*ruumënnëk	*ruumëninëk
abessive		*ruumënëtta	*ruumënitta

Descendants

• Finnish: ruumen
• Ingrian: rummen
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ruumen
  • South Karelian: ruumen
• Livvi: ruumen
• Ludian: ruumen
• Veps: rumen

From *ruumëk:

• Ludian: ruume
• Veps: rume

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruumen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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