Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahma

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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 earlier *ašma, (whence also Proto-Samic *vuosvēs), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (whence Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, eater)). [1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

*ahma

  1. glutton (one who eats voraciously)
  2. wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: ahm
  • Finnish: ahma
  • Ingrian: ahmastaa
  • Karelian: ahma
  • Proto-Samic: *āsvā

From *ahmoi:

Further reading[edit]

  • ahm”, 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]