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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammëh
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *amma- + *-ëh.
Inflection
Inflection of *ammëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ammëh | *ammëhët | |
| accusative | *ammëhën | *ammëhët | |
| genitive | *ammëhën | *ammëhtën *ammëhidën | |
| partitive | *ammëhta | *ammëhita | |
| inessive | *ammëhëssa *ammëhëhna |
*ammëhissa *ammëhihna | |
| elative | *ammëhësta | *ammëhista | |
| illative | *ammëhësën | *ammëhisën | |
| adessive | *ammëhëlla | *ammëhilla | |
| ablative | *ammëhëlta | *ammëhilta | |
| allative | *ammëhëlën *ammëhëlëk |
*ammëhilën *ammëhilëk | |
| essive | *ammëhëna | *ammëhina | |
| translative | *ammëhëksi | *ammëhiksi | |
| instructive | *ammëhën | *ammëhin | |
| comitative | *ammëhënëk | *ammëhinëk | |
| abessive | *ammëhëtta | *ammëhitta | |
Descendants
From *ammëh:
- Finnish: amme
- → Inari Sami: aammah
- → Northern Sami: ammaš
- Karelian: ammeh
From *ammi:
Possibly by metathesis from earlier *am(m)on, *am(m)un:
- Estonian: anum
- Võro: annom'
Further reading
- “anum”, 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), “amme”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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