Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seimi
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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 earlier *sewimi, derived from Proto-Uralic *sewe-.
Noun[edit]
*seimi
- manger (trough for animals to eat from)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *seimi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *seimi | *seimet | |
| accusative | *seimen | *seimet | |
| genitive | *seimen | *seinden *seimiden | |
| partitive | *seintä | *seimidä | |
| inessive | *seimessä *seimehnä |
*seimissä *seimihnä | |
| elative | *seimestä | *seimistä | |
| illative | *seimehen | *seimihen | |
| adessive | *seimellä | *seimillä | |
| ablative | *seimeltä | *seimiltä | |
| allative | *seimelen *seimelek |
*seimilen *seimilek | |
| essive | *seimenä | *seiminä | |
| translative | *seimeksi | *seimiksi | |
| instructive | *seimen | *seimin | |
| comitative | *seimenek | *seiminek | |
| abessive | *seimettä | *seimittä | |
Descendants[edit]
From *soimi:
- Estonian: sõim
- Finnish: soimi
- Ingrian: soimi, soima
- Karelian: soimi
- Livvi: soimi
- Ludian: soim
- Votic: sõimi
Further reading[edit]
- “sõim”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “soimi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN