Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sumu

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 earlier *sumi +‎ *-u, from the same root as *sumëda.

Noun edit

*sumu

  1. fog, mist
  2. drizzle

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

From *sumu:

  • Finnish: sumu
  • Ingrian: sumu
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: sumu
  • ? Proto-Samic: *somō (see there for further descendants)

From *sumëk (from *sumi + *-ëk):

References edit


Further reading edit

  • sume”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1576 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.