Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/humar

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *šumare, possibly from the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate.

Noun

*humar

1. mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Inflection

Inflection of *humar

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*humar	*humarët
accusative		*humarën	*humarët
genitive		*humarën	*humardën *humaridën
partitive		*humarta	*humarita
inessive		*humarëssa *humarëhna	*humarissa *humarihna
elative		*humarësta	*humarista
illative		*humarësën	*humarisën
adessive		*humarëlla	*humarilla
ablative		*humarëlta	*humarilta
allative		*humarëlën *humarëlëk	*humarilën *humarilëk
essive		*humarna	*humarina
translative		*humarëksi	*humariksi
instructive		*humarën	*humarin
comitative		*humarnëk	*humarinëk
abessive		*humarëtta	*humaritta

Descendants

• Estonian: uhmer
• Finnish: huhmar, huhmare
• Ingrian: hummar
• Karelian: huuhmar, huhmar, huumar
• Livvi: huuhmar
• Ludian: humbar
• Veps: humbar
• Võro: huhmõr', huhmri
• Votic: ummõr, (Kattila, Pummala, Lempola) uhmar

Further reading

• “uhmer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1624 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “huhmar”, 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