Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siima
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sīmô
Noun edit
*siima
- fishing line
- lash (thong of a whip)
- spiderweb
Inflection edit
Inflection of *siima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *siima | *siimat | |
| accusative | *siiman | *siimat | |
| genitive | *siiman | *siimadën *siimoidën | |
| partitive | *siimada | *siimoida | |
| inessive | *siimassa *siimahna |
*siimoissa *siimoihna | |
| elative | *siimasta | *siimoista | |
| illative | *siimahën | *siimoihën | |
| adessive | *siimalla | *siimoilla | |
| ablative | *siimalta | *siimoilta | |
| allative | *siimalën *siimalëk |
*siimoilën *siimoilëk | |
| essive | *siimana | *siimoina | |
| translative | *siimaksi | *siimoiksi | |
| instructive | *siiman | *siimoin | |
| comitative | *siimanëk | *siimoinëk | |
| abessive | *siimatta | *siimoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: (dialectal) sihm
- Finnish: siima
- → Inari Sami: sijmá
- Ingrian: siima
- Karelian: siima
- Livvi: siimu
- Ludian: siim
- Veps: sim, sima
- Votic: siimõ