Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kammijo

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skammijǭ), from Proto-Germanic *skammijǭ (whence Icelandic skemma).

Noun

*kammijo (Northern Finnic)

1. small room
2. storehouse, storeroom

Inflection

Inflection of *kammijo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kammijo	*kammijot
accusative		*kammijon	*kammijot
genitive		*kammijon	*kammijodën *kammijoidën
partitive		*kammijota	*kammijoita
inessive		*kammijossa *kammijohna	*kammijoissa *kammijoihna
elative		*kammijosta	*kammijoista
illative		*kammijosën	*kammijoisën
adessive		*kammijolla	*kammijoilla
ablative		*kammijolta	*kammijoilta
allative		*kammijolën *kammijolëk	*kammijoilën *kammijoilëk
essive		*kammijona	*kammijoina
translative		*kammijoksi	*kammijoiksi
instructive		*kammijon	*kammijoin
comitative		*kammijonëk	*kammijoinëk
abessive		*kammijotta	*kammijoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: kammio
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kammivo, kammie

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kammio”, 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