Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halmëh, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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
Borrowed either from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian salms, Lithuanian želmuo), or from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.
Noun
- swidden being cultivated
Inflection
Inflection of *halmëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *halmëh | *halmëhët | |
| accusative | *halmëhën | *halmëhët | |
| genitive | *halmëhën | *halmëhtën *halmëhidën | |
| partitive | *halmëhta | *halmëhita | |
| inessive | *halmëhëssa *halmëhëhna |
*halmëhissa *halmëhihna | |
| elative | *halmëhësta | *halmëhista | |
| illative | *halmëhësën | *halmëhisën | |
| adessive | *halmëhëlla | *halmëhilla | |
| ablative | *halmëhëlta | *halmëhilta | |
| allative | *halmëhëlën *halmëhëlëk |
*halmëhilën *halmëhilëk | |
| essive | *halmëhëna | *halmëhina | |
| translative | *halmëhëksi | *halmëhiksi | |
| instructive | *halmëhën | *halmëhin | |
| comitative | *halmëhënëk | *halmëhinëk | |
| abessive | *halmëhëtta | *halmëhitta | |
Coordinate terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “ale”, in 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), “halme”, 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