Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahma

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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 earlier *ašma (whence also Proto-Samic *vuosvēs), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (whence Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, eater)).

Noun

*ahma

  1. glutton (one who eats voraciously)
  2. wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: ahm
  • Finnish: ahma
  • Ingrian: ahmastaa
  • Karelian: ahma
  • Proto-Samic: *āsvā

From *ahmoi:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019)