Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/enämpi

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

From *enä (“big”) +‎ *-mpi.

Adverb

*enämpi

1. more

Adjective

*enämpi

1. more, further, additional

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Estonian: enam
• Finnish: enempi, (dialectal) enämpi
• Ingrian: enemp
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: enämpi
  • South Karelian: enämbi
• Livonian: jemīņ
• Livvi: enämbi
• Ludian: enämb
• Veps: enamb
• Võro: inämb
• Votic: enäpi
• Samic:
  • →? Kildin Sami: е̄намп (jienamp)
  • →? Akkala Sami: я̄нҍӓмп (jān’ämp)

Further reading

• “enam”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “enä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN