Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruumën
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *grūdmen- (compare Latvian grūst, Lithuanian grūsti (“to crush”)), or less likely, from Proto-Germanic *krūmô.
Noun
*ruumën (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *ruumën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ruumën | *ruumënët | |
| accusative | *ruumënën | *ruumënët | |
| genitive | *ruumënën | *ruumëndën *ruumënidën | |
| partitive | *ruumënta | *ruumënita | |
| inessive | *ruumënëssa *ruumënëhna |
*ruumënissa *ruumënihna | |
| elative | *ruumënësta | *ruumënista | |
| illative | *ruumënësën | *ruumënisën | |
| adessive | *ruumënëlla | *ruumënilla | |
| ablative | *ruumënëlta | *ruumënilta | |
| allative | *ruumënëlën *ruumënëlëk |
*ruumënilën *ruumënilëk | |
| essive | *ruumënna | *ruumënina | |
| translative | *ruumënëksi | *ruumëniksi | |
| instructive | *ruumënën | *ruumënin | |
| comitative | *ruumënnëk | *ruumëninëk | |
| abessive | *ruumënëtta | *ruumënitta | |
Descendants
From *ruumëk:
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruumen”, 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