Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vihma
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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]Onomatopoeic,[1] probably more specifically derived from an onomatopoeic root *vih-.
Noun
[edit]*vihma[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vihma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vihma | *vihmat | |
| accusative | *vihman | *vihmat | |
| genitive | *vihman | *vihmadën *vihmoidën | |
| partitive | *vihmada | *vihmoida | |
| inessive | *vihmassa *vihmahna |
*vihmoissa *vihmoihna | |
| elative | *vihmasta | *vihmoista | |
| illative | *vihmahën | *vihmoihën | |
| adessive | *vihmalla | *vihmoilla | |
| ablative | *vihmalta | *vihmoilta | |
| allative | *vihmalën *vihmalëk |
*vihmoilën *vihmoilëk | |
| essive | *vihmana | *vihmoina | |
| translative | *vihmaksi | *vihmoiksi | |
| instructive | *vihman | *vihmoin | |
| comitative | *vihmanëk | *vihmoinëk | |
| abessive | *vihmatta | *vihmoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vihm
- Finnish: vihma
- Ingrian: vihma
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vī'mõ
- Livvi: vihmu
- Veps: vihm
- Võro: vihm
- Votic: vihmõ