Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kimalainën

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

Etymology

The root *kimala possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь +‎ *-inën.

Noun

*kimalainën

1. bumblebee

Inflection

Inflection of *kimalainën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kimalainën	*kimalaicët
accusative		*kimalaicën	*kimalaicët
genitive		*kimalaicën	*kimalaictën *kimalaicidën
partitive		*kimalaicta	*kimalaicida
inessive		*kimalaicëssa *kimalaicëhna	*kimalaicissa *kimalaicihna
elative		*kimalaicësta	*kimalaicista
illative		*kimalaicëhën	*kimalaicihën
adessive		*kimalaicëlla	*kimalaicilla
ablative		*kimalaicëlta	*kimalaicilta
allative		*kimalaicëlën *kimalaicëlëk	*kimalaicilën *kimalaicilëk
essive		*kimalainna	*kimalaicina
translative		*kimalaicëksi	*kimalaiciksi
instructive		*kimalaicën	*kimalaicin
comitative		*kimalainnëk	*kimalaicinëk
abessive		*kimalaicëtta	*kimalaicitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kimalane
• Finnish: kimalainen
• Ingrian: kimalain
• ⇒ Livvi: kimaleh
• Võro: kimalanõ
• ⇒ Votic: tšimo, tšimolain

References

• Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN. Page 158, footnote 12

Further reading

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