Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëlma
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)), or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Noun
[edit]*hëlma
- hem (of clothing)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *hëlma
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *hëlma | *hëlmat | |
accusative | *hëlman | *hëlmat | |
genitive | *hëlman | *hëlmadën *hëlmoidën | |
partitive | *hëlmada | *hëlmoida | |
inessive | *hëlmassa *hëlmahna |
*hëlmoissa *hëlmoihna | |
elative | *hëlmasta | *hëlmoista | |
illative | *hëlmahën | *hëlmoihën | |
adessive | *hëlmalla | *hëlmoilla | |
ablative | *hëlmalta | *hëlmoilta | |
allative | *hëlmalën *hëlmalëk |
*hëlmoilën *hëlmoilëk | |
essive | *hëlmana | *hëlmoina | |
translative | *hëlmaksi | *hëlmoiksi | |
instructive | *hëlman | *hëlmoin | |
comitative | *hëlmanëk | *hëlmoinëk | |
abessive | *hëlmatta | *hëlmoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: hõlm
- Finnish: helma
- Ingrian: helma
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ȭlma
- Livvi: helmu
- Ludian: helm
- Võro: hõlm
- Votic: õlmõ
Further reading
[edit]- “hõlm”, 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), “helma”, 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