Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nurmi
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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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńurme.
Noun
*nurmi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *nurmi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nurmi | *nurmët | |
| accusative | *nurmën | *nurmët | |
| genitive | *nurmën | *nurmëdën *nurmidën | |
| partitive | *nurmëda | *nurmida | |
| inessive | *nurmëssa *nurmëhna |
*nurmissa *nurmihna | |
| elative | *nurmësta | *nurmista | |
| illative | *nurmëhën | *nurmihën | |
| adessive | *nurmëlla | *nurmilla | |
| ablative | *nurmëlta | *nurmilta | |
| allative | *nurmëlën *nurmëlëk |
*nurmilën *nurmilëk | |
| essive | *nurmëna | *nurmina | |
| translative | *nurmëksi | *nurmiksi | |
| instructive | *nurmën | *nurmin | |
| comitative | *nurmënëk | *nurminëk | |
| abessive | *nurmëtta | *nurmitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: nurm
- Finnish: nurmi
- Ingrian: nurmi
- Karelian: nurmi
- Livonian: nuŗm
- Livvi: nurmi
- Ludian: nurm
- Veps: norm
- Võro: nurm'
- Votic: nurmi
References
Further reading
- “nurm”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #649 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.