Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ämmä

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?], whence Northern Sami ebmui. Probably originates from baby talk.

Noun edit

*ämmä[1]

  1. female relative
  2. old woman
    Synonym: *akka

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: ämm
  • Finnish: ämmä
  • Ingrian: ämmä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ämmä (dialectal)
    • South Karelian: ämmä (dialectal)
  • Livonian: ǟma
  • Võro: ämm
  • Votic: ämme

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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