Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sammal
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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]Unknown. Sometimes compared with Lithuanian samanos, but a borrowing from Baltic is not considered certain.
Noun
[edit]*sammal[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *sammal
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sammal | *sammalët | |
| accusative | *sammalën | *sammalët | |
| genitive | *sammalën | *sammaldën *sammalidën | |
| partitive | *sammalta | *sammalita | |
| inessive | *sammalëssa *sammalëhna |
*sammalissa *sammalihna | |
| elative | *sammalësta | *sammalista | |
| illative | *sammalësën | *sammalisën | |
| adessive | *sammalëlla | *sammalilla | |
| ablative | *sammalëlta | *sammalilta | |
| allative | *sammalëlën *sammalëlëk |
*sammalilën *sammalilëk | |
| essive | *sammalla | *sammalina | |
| translative | *sammalëksi | *sammaliksi | |
| instructive | *sammalën | *sammalin | |
| comitative | *sammallëk | *sammalinëk | |
| abessive | *sammalëtta | *sammalitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: sammal
- Finnish: sammal
- → Northern Sami: sámil
- Ingrian: sammal
- Karelian: šammal
- Livonian: sōmal
- Livvi: sammal
- Ludian: sammal, sammau
- Veps: samal, samou
- Võro: sammõl'
- Votic: sammõl
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sammal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012