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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imä

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

Possibly related to Northern Sami amiidit. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*imä

  1. sweet, oversweet

Inflection
Inflection of *imä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *imä *imät
accusative *imän *imät
genitive *imän *imäden
*imeiden
partitive *imädä *imeidä
inessive *imässä
*imähnä		 *imeissä
*imeihnä
elative *imästä *imeistä
illative *imähen *imeihen
adessive *imällä *imeillä
ablative *imältä *imeiltä
allative *imälen
*imälek		 *imeilen
*imeilek
essive *imänä *imeinä
translative *imäksi *imeiksi
instructive *imän *imein
comitative *imänek *imeinek
abessive *imättä *imeittä

Descendants

From *imä:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ima, ⇒ imal
  • Livonian: ⇒ imāb
  • Võro: ⇒ imähtämä/imähtäq
  • Votic: ⇒ imiä

From *imelä (+ *-lä):

  • Finnish: imelä
  • Ingrian: immeelä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: imely
  • Ludian: imel
  • Veps: imel'

Further reading
  • “imal”, 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), “imelä”, 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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