Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/huima
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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
Probably from earlier *šujma and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swīmô, *swimô (whence Old Norse svími, svimi), or alternatively, later loan from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse hvima, Swedish hvimsa).[1]
Noun edit
*huima
Inflection edit
Inflection of *huima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *huima | *huimat | |
| accusative | *huiman | *huimat | |
| genitive | *huiman | *huimadën *huimëidën | |
| partitive | *huimada | *huimëida | |
| inessive | *huimassa *huimahna |
*huimëissa *huimëihna | |
| elative | *huimasta | *huimëista | |
| illative | *huimahën | *huimëihën | |
| adessive | *huimalla | *huimëilla | |
| ablative | *huimalta | *huimëilta | |
| allative | *huimalën *huimalëk |
*huimëilën *huimëilëk | |
| essive | *huimana | *huimëina | |
| translative | *huimaksi | *huimëiksi | |
| instructive | *huiman | *huimëin | |
| comitative | *huimanëk | *huimëinëk | |
| abessive | *huimatta | *huimëitta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: uim
- Finnish: huima
- → Votic: huimõ
- Ingrian: huima
- Karelian:
- Livvi: huimu
- Ludian: huim
- Võro: hoim
Further reading edit
- “uim”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “huima”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN