Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kiima
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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 *kixëma, derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kixe- (compare Proto-Samic *kikëtēk and Hungarian kéj).
Noun
*kiima[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kiima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kiima | *kiimat | |
| accusative | *kiiman | *kiimat | |
| genitive | *kiiman | *kiimadën *kiimoidën | |
| partitive | *kiimada | *kiimoida | |
| inessive | *kiimassa *kiimahna |
*kiimoissa *kiimoihna | |
| elative | *kiimasta | *kiimoista | |
| illative | *kiimahën | *kiimoihën | |
| adessive | *kiimalla | *kiimoilla | |
| ablative | *kiimalta | *kiimoilta | |
| allative | *kiimalën *kiimalëk |
*kiimoilën *kiimoilëk | |
| essive | *kiimana | *kiimoina | |
| translative | *kiimaksi | *kiimoiksi | |
| instructive | *kiiman | *kiimoin | |
| comitative | *kiimanëk | *kiimoinëk | |
| abessive | *kiimatta | *kiimoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kiim
- Finnish: kiima
- Karelian: kiima
- Livvi: kiimu
- Ludian: kiim
- Veps: kim
- → Proto-Samic: *kimē
References
Further reading
- “kiim”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012