Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rähmä

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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]

Sound-symbolic.

Noun[edit]

*rähmä

  1. rheum, sleep (substance found in the corner of the eye)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: rähm
  • Finnish: rähmä
  • Ingrian: räämy (possibly borrowed)
  • Karelian: rähmä
  • Livvi: rähmy
  • Ludian: riäžme

Further reading[edit]

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