Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seemi

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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-Permic *śäme- (whence Erzya симомс (śimoms, to drink)).

Noun[edit]

*seemi

  1. sip, gulp

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: seem (dialectal)
  • Finnish: siemi (dialectal)
  • Livonian: sēmḑa

From *sëëmu:

Further reading[edit]

  • sõõm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1587 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.