Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paimën

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian piemuõ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂-i-mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

Noun

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*paimën

  1. herdsman, shepherd

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: paimen
  • Ingrian: paimen
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: paint
  • Ludian: paimen
  • Veps: paimen
  • Votic: paimõn

From *paimoi: