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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *ašma (whence also Proto-Samic *vuosvēs), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (whence Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)). [1]
Noun
*ahma[2]
- glutton (one who eats voraciously)
- wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*ahma
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*ahmat
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accusative
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*ahman
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*ahmat
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genitive
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*ahman
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*ahmadën *ahmoidën
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partitive
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*ahmada
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*ahmoida
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inessive
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*ahmassa *ahmahna
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*ahmoissa *ahmoihna
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elative
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*ahmasta
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*ahmoista
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illative
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*ahmahën
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*ahmoihën
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adessive
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*ahmalla
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*ahmoilla
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ablative
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*ahmalta
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*ahmoilta
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allative
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*ahmalën *ahmalëk
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*ahmoilën *ahmoilëk
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essive
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*ahmana
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*ahmoina
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translative
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*ahmaksi
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*ahmoiksi
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instructive
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*ahman
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*ahmoin
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comitative
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*ahmanëk
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*ahmoinëk
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abessive
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*ahmatta
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*ahmoitta
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Derived terms
Descendants
From *ahmoi:
Further reading
- “ahm”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- ^ Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019)
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ahma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)