Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/samo
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
*samo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *samo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *samo | *samot | |
| accusative | *samon | *samot | |
| genitive | *samon | *samodën *samoidën | |
| partitive | *samoda | *samoida | |
| inessive | *samossa *samohna |
*samoissa *samoihna | |
| elative | *samosta | *samoista | |
| illative | *samohën | *samoihën | |
| adessive | *samolla | *samoilla | |
| ablative | *samolta | *samoilta | |
| allative | *samolën *samolëk |
*samoilën *samoilëk | |
| essive | *samona | *samoina | |
| translative | *samoksi | *samoiksi | |
| instructive | *samon | *samoin | |
| comitative | *samonëk | *samoinëk | |
| abessive | *samotta | *samoitta | |
Descendants
From *samo ~ *sammo:
- Estonian: samm, (dialectal) samu, (archaic) samo, samb (“step”)
- Finnish: (obsolete) samo (“run, hurry, high speed”), ⇒ samota (“to wander, to run, to hurry”)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: ⇒ samota (“to gallop”)
- Livonian: sa’m (“step”)
- Võro: samm (“step”)
- Votic:
Further reading
- “sammuma”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “samota”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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