Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rampa
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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
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse , from Proto-Germanic *krampaz (compare Swedish krämpa (“ailment”)), or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ramba- (whence Lithuanian rambùs (“sluggish, slow”)).
Adjective
*rampa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rampa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rampa | *rambat | |
| accusative | *ramban | *rambat | |
| genitive | *ramban | *rampadën *rampoidën | |
| partitive | *rampada | *rampoida | |
| inessive | *rambassa *rambahna |
*ramboissa *ramboihna | |
| elative | *rambasta | *ramboista | |
| illative | *rampahën | *rampoihën | |
| adessive | *ramballa | *ramboilla | |
| ablative | *rambalta | *ramboilta | |
| allative | *rampalën *rampalëk |
*rampoilën *rampoilëk | |
| essive | *rampana | *rampoina | |
| translative | *rambaksi | *ramboiksi | |
| instructive | *ramban | *ramboin | |
| comitative | *rampanëk | *rampoinëk | |
| abessive | *rambatta | *ramboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ramb
- Finnish: rampa
- Ingrian: rampa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: rambu
- Ludian: ramb
- Veps: ramb
- Võro: ramm
- Votic: rampa
References
Further reading
- “ramb”, 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), “rampa”, 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