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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably sound-symbolic.[1]
Noun
*rëëmu[2]
- joy, happiness
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*rëëmu
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*rëëmut
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accusative
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*rëëmun
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*rëëmut
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genitive
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*rëëmun
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*rëëmudën *rëëmuidën
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partitive
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*rëëmuda
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*rëëmuida
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inessive
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*rëëmussa *rëëmuhna
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*rëëmuissa *rëëmuihna
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elative
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*rëëmusta
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*rëëmuista
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illative
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*rëëmuhën
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*rëëmuihën
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adessive
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*rëëmulla
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*rëëmuilla
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ablative
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*rëëmulta
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*rëëmuilta
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allative
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*rëëmulën *rëëmulëk
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*rëëmuilën *rëëmuilëk
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essive
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*rëëmuna
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*rëëmuina
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translative
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*rëëmuksi
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*rëëmuiksi
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instructive
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*rëëmun
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*rëëmuin
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comitative
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*rëëmunëk
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*rëëmuinëk
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abessive
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*rëëmutta
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*rëëmuitta
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Descendants
Further reading
- “rõõm”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “riemu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rëëmu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)