Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/inhiminen

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *inše, whence also Erzya инже (inže, guest) and Moksha [script needed] (inži, guest), with +‎ *-ma (as a diminutive?) +‎ *-inën.

Noun edit

*inhiminen[1]

  1. human, human being

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*inhi-minen”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

  • inimene”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1231 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ihminen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN