Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salama
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śala + *-ma.
Noun[edit]
*salama
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *salama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *salama | *salamat | |
| accusative | *salaman | *salamat | |
| genitive | *salaman | *salamadën *salamoidën | |
| partitive | *salamata | *salamoita | |
| inessive | *salamassa *salamahna |
*salamoissa *salamoihna | |
| elative | *salamasta | *salamoista | |
| illative | *salamasën | *salamoisën | |
| adessive | *salamalla | *salamoilla | |
| ablative | *salamalta | *salamoilta | |
| allative | *salamalën *salamalëk |
*salamoilën *salamoilëk | |
| essive | *salamana | *salamoina | |
| translative | *salamaksi | *salamoiksi | |
| instructive | *salaman | *salamoin | |
| comitative | *salamanëk | *salamoinëk | |
| abessive | *salamatta | *salamoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: salama
From *salamat'ak ("to lighten"):
- Veps: samalta (with metathesis)
Further reading[edit]
- Entry #927 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.