Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haimo
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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 *šaimo, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian saime, Lithuanian šeima, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- or *ḱey-.
Noun
*haimo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *haimo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *haimo | *haimot | |
| accusative | *haimon | *haimot | |
| genitive | *haimon | *haimodën *haimoidën | |
| partitive | *haimoda | *haimoida | |
| inessive | *haimossa *haimohna |
*haimoissa *haimoihna | |
| elative | *haimosta | *haimoista | |
| illative | *haimohën | *haimoihën | |
| adessive | *haimolla | *haimoilla | |
| ablative | *haimolta | *haimoilta | |
| allative | *haimolën *haimolëk |
*haimoilën *haimoilëk | |
| essive | *haimona | *haimoina | |
| translative | *haimoksi | *haimoiksi | |
| instructive | *haimon | *haimoin | |
| comitative | *haimonëk | *haimoinëk | |
| abessive | *haimotta | *haimoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hõim
- → Võro: hõim
- Finnish: heimo
- Ingrian: heimo
- Karelian:
- Livonian: aim
- Livvi: heimo
- Veps: hii̯m, heim
- Võro: aim (Leivu dialect)
- Votic: (Kattila) õimo
References
- “hõim”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012