Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/parmas

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 Proto-Germanic *barmaz.

Noun edit

*parmas

  1. bosom, lap
  2. armful

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (dialectal) parmas
  • Finnish: parmas
  • Ingrian: parmas
  • Karelian: parmas
  • Votic: (Lempola) parmaz, parma

Further reading edit

  • parmas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012