Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuumën
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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 some Indo-European language, compare Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tum- (“to swell”).
Noun
[edit]*tuumën
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tuumën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tuumën | *tuumënët | |
| accusative | *tuumënën | *tuumënët | |
| genitive | *tuumënën | *tuumëndën *tuumënidën | |
| partitive | *tuumënta | *tuumënita | |
| inessive | *tuumënëssa *tuumënëhna |
*tuumënissa *tuumënihna | |
| elative | *tuumënësta | *tuumënista | |
| illative | *tuumënësën | *tuumënisën | |
| adessive | *tuumënëlla | *tuumënilla | |
| ablative | *tuumënëlta | *tuumënilta | |
| allative | *tuumënëlën *tuumënëlëk |
*tuumënilën *tuumënilëk | |
| essive | *tuumënna | *tuumënina | |
| translative | *tuumënëksi | *tuumëniksi | |
| instructive | *tuumënën | *tuumënin | |
| comitative | *tuumënnëk | *tuumëninëk | |
| abessive | *tuumënëtta | *tuumënitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (dialectal) tuumen (“cow's udder”)
From *tuumi:
- Estonian: (obsolete?) tuum (“thick muscle in thigh or shank”)
- Finnish: (dialectal) tuumi (“cow's udder”)
- → Karelian:
- North Karelian: tuumi (“cow's or sheep's udder”)
- → Karelian:
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tuumen”, 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