Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sumu
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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 earlier *sumi + *-u, from the same root as *sumëda.
Noun
*sumu
Inflection
Inflection of *sumu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sumu | *sumut | |
| accusative | *sumun | *sumut | |
| genitive | *sumun | *sumudën *sumuidën | |
| partitive | *sumuda | *sumuida | |
| inessive | *sumussa *sumuhna |
*sumuissa *sumuihna | |
| elative | *sumusta | *sumuista | |
| illative | *sumuhën | *sumuihën | |
| adessive | *sumulla | *sumuilla | |
| ablative | *sumulta | *sumuilta | |
| allative | *sumulën *sumulëk |
*sumuilën *sumuilëk | |
| essive | *sumuna | *sumuina | |
| translative | *sumuksi | *sumuiksi | |
| instructive | *sumun | *sumuin | |
| comitative | *sumunëk | *sumuinëk | |
| abessive | *sumutta | *sumuitta | |
Related terms
Descendants
From *sumu:
- Finnish: sumu
- → Estonian: sumu
- Ingrian: sumu
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šumu
- Livvi: sumu
- →? Proto-Samic: *somō (see there for further descendants)
From *sumëk (from *sumi + *-ëk):
References
Further reading
- “sume”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1576 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.