Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/somëra

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuomër. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*somëra

1. rough gravel or sand

Inflection

Inflection of *somëra

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*somëra	*somërat
accusative		*somëran	*somërat
genitive		*somëran	*somëradën *somëroidën
partitive		*somërata	*somëroita
inessive		*somërassa *somërahna	*somëroissa *somëroihna
elative		*somërasta	*somëroista
illative		*somërasën	*somëroisën
adessive		*somëralla	*somëroilla
ablative		*somëralta	*somëroilta
allative		*somëralën *somëralëk	*somëroilën *somëroilëk
essive		*somërana	*somëroina
translative		*somëraksi	*somëroiksi
instructive		*somëran	*somëroin
comitative		*somëranëk	*somëroinëk
abessive		*somëratta	*somëroitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sõmer
• Finnish: somero, (dialectal) somera
  • →? Ingrian: somer
  • →? Karelian: somero
• Livonian: sumār
• Võro: sõmmõr'
• Votic: sõmõrõ

Further reading

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