Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seemi

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-Permic *śäme- (whence Erzya симомс (śimoms, to drink)).

Noun edit

*seemi

  1. sip, gulp

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: seem (dialectal)
  • Finnish: siemi (dialectal)
  • Livonian: sēmḑa

From *sëëmu:

Further reading edit

  • sõõm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1587 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.