Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leemen

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

According to one theory, derived from *leemi, but the semantic link is weak.

Noun

*leemen

1. lambswool
2. newborn's hair

Inflection

Inflection of *leemen

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*leemen	*leemenet
accusative		*leemenen	*leemenet
genitive		*leemenen	*leemenden *leemeniden
partitive		*leementä	*leemenitä
inessive		*leemenessä *leemenehnä	*leemenissä *leemenihnä
elative		*leemenestä	*leemenistä
illative		*leemenesen	*leemenisen
adessive		*leemenellä	*leemenillä
ablative		*leemeneltä	*leemeniltä
allative		*leemenelen *leemenelek	*leemenilen *leemenilek
essive		*leemennä	*leemeninä
translative		*leemeneksi	*leemeniksi
instructive		*leemenen	*leemenin
comitative		*leemennek	*leemeninek
abessive		*leemenettä	*leemenittä

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) liemen
• Ingrian: leemina
• Karelian: liemen, liemenä
• Livvi: liemen, liemenö
• ⇒ Ludian: lieminoine
• Võro: leeme- (in compound: leemehius), leemik
• Votic: leeminõ, leemine

Further reading

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