Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jama

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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]

Probably a cognate with Proto-Samic *juomē, both probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas (whence Sanskrit यम (yama)). [1]

Noun[edit]

*jama

  1. joint (point where two things meet)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: jama (dialectal)
  • Finnish: jama
  • Ingrian: jame
  • Karelian: jama
  • Võro: jama
  • Votic: jamo, jamauz

Further reading[edit]

  • jama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References[edit]

  1. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019) [1]