Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lima
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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]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīmą.
Noun[edit]
*lima
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *lima
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lima | *limat | |
| accusative | *liman | *limat | |
| genitive | *liman | *limadën *limoidën | |
| partitive | *limada | *limoida | |
| inessive | *limassa *limahna |
*limoissa *limoihna | |
| elative | *limasta | *limoista | |
| illative | *limahën | *limoihën | |
| adessive | *limalla | *limoilla | |
| ablative | *limalta | *limoilta | |
| allative | *limalën *limalëk |
*limoilën *limoilëk | |
| essive | *limana | *limoina | |
| translative | *limaksi | *limoiksi | |
| instructive | *liman | *limoin | |
| comitative | *limanëk | *limoinëk | |
| abessive | *limatta | *limoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: lima
- Finnish: lima
- Ingrian: lima
- Karelian: lima
- Livonian: limā
- Veps: nima
- Võro: lima, limo
- Votic: lima
Further reading[edit]
- “lima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012