Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/solmi
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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]From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćolme. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuolmë and Hungarian csomó.
Noun
[edit]*solmi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *solmi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *solmi | *solmët | |
| accusative | *solmën | *solmët | |
| genitive | *solmën | *solmëdën *solmidën | |
| partitive | *solmëda | *solmida | |
| inessive | *solmëssa *solmëhna |
*solmissa *solmihna | |
| elative | *solmësta | *solmista | |
| illative | *solmëhën | *solmihën | |
| adessive | *solmëlla | *solmilla | |
| ablative | *solmëlta | *solmilta | |
| allative | *solmëlën *solmëlëk |
*solmilën *solmilëk | |
| essive | *solmëna | *solmina | |
| translative | *solmëksi | *solmiksi | |
| instructive | *solmën | *solmin | |
| comitative | *solmënëk | *solminëk | |
| abessive | *solmëtta | *solmitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: sõlm
- Finnish: solmi (dialectal)
- Ingrian: solmi
- Karelian: solmi
- Livonian:
- Livvi: solmi
- Veps: sol'm
- Votic: sõlmi
From *solmu (+ *-u):
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “solm”, 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), 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