Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tumëda
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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 from the same root as *tumma + *-ëda. Possibly ultimately borrowed from Proto-Norse (compare Faroese stummur (“pitch-black”)), or alternatively from Proto-Baltic (compare Latvian tumšs).
Adjective
*tumëda[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *tumëda
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tumëda | *tumëdat | |
| accusative | *tumëdan | *tumëdat | |
| genitive | *tumëdan | *tumëdadën *tumëdëidën | |
| partitive | *tumëdata | *tumëdëita | |
| inessive | *tumëdassa *tumëdahna |
*tumëdëissa *tumëdëihna | |
| elative | *tumëdasta | *tumëdëista | |
| illative | *tumëdasën | *tumëdëisën | |
| adessive | *tumëdalla | *tumëdëilla | |
| ablative | *tumëdalta | *tumëdëilta | |
| allative | *tumëdalën *tumëdalëk |
*tumëdëilën *tumëdëilëk | |
| essive | *tumëdana | *tumëdëina | |
| translative | *tumëdaksi | *tumëdëiksi | |
| instructive | *tumëdan | *tumëdëin | |
| comitative | *tumëdanëk | *tumëdëinëk | |
| abessive | *tumëdatta | *tumëdëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tume
- Finnish: tumea (dialectal)
- Karelian: tumie
- Livvi: tumei
- Võro: tummõ
- Votic: (Jõgõperä) tuma
References
Further reading
- “tume”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012