Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hirmu
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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 borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian širmuļi, Lithuanian šiurpus).[1]
Noun edit
*hirmu
Inflection edit
Inflection of *hirmu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hirmu | *hirmut | |
| accusative | *hirmun | *hirmut | |
| genitive | *hirmun | *hirmudën *hirmuidën | |
| partitive | *hirmuda | *hirmuida | |
| inessive | *hirmussa *hirmuhna |
*hirmuissa *hirmuihna | |
| elative | *hirmusta | *hirmuista | |
| illative | *hirmuhën | *hirmuihën | |
| adessive | *hirmulla | *hirmuilla | |
| ablative | *hirmulta | *hirmuilta | |
| allative | *hirmulën *hirmulëk |
*hirmuilën *hirmuilëk | |
| essive | *hirmuna | *hirmuina | |
| translative | *hirmuksi | *hirmuiksi | |
| instructive | *hirmun | *hirmuin | |
| comitative | *hirmunëk | *hirmuinëk | |
| abessive | *hirmutta | *hirmuitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: hirm
- Finnish: hirmu
- → Northern Sami: hirbma
- Ingrian: hirmu
- Karelian: hirmu
- Livonian: irm
- Võro: hirm
- Votic: (Kattila) irmu
References edit
Further reading edit
- “hirm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012