Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/solmi
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćolme. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuolmë and Hungarian csomó.
Noun
edit*solmi
Inflection
editInflection of *solmi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *solmi | *solmët | |
accusative | *solmën | *solmët | |
genitive | *solmën | *solmëdën *solmidën | |
partitive | *solmëda | *solmida | |
inessive | *solmëssa *solmëhna |
*solmissa *solmihna | |
elative | *solmësta | *solmista | |
illative | *solmëhën | *solmihën | |
adessive | *solmëlla | *solmilla | |
ablative | *solmëlta | *solmilta | |
allative | *solmëlën *solmëlëk |
*solmilën *solmilëk | |
essive | *solmëna | *solmina | |
translative | *solmëksi | *solmiksi | |
instructive | *solmën | *solmin | |
comitative | *solmënëk | *solminëk | |
abessive | *solmëtta | *solmitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: sõlm
- Finnish: solmi (dialectal)
- Ingrian: solmi
- Karelian: solmi
- Livonian:
- Livvi: solmi
- Veps: sol'm
- Votic: sõlmi
From *solmu:
Further reading
edit- “solm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN