Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruma

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 borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hruma-) (whence Icelandic hrumur).[1]

Adjective edit

*ruma

  1. ugly
  2. bad, mean
  3. greedy
  4. stupid

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *ruma:

  • Finnish: ruma
  • Ingrian: ruma
  • Karelian: ruma
  • Livvi: ruma
  • Ludian: ruma
  • Veps: ruma
  • Votic: ruma
  • Northern Sami: ropmi

From *ruma-la:

Further reading edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante: Muutamia lisiä suomen germaaniseen lainasanastoon (2019) [1]