Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/horma
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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]Unknown
Noun
[edit]*horma
- willowherb (plants of the genus Epilobium)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *horma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *horma | *hormat | |
| accusative | *horman | *hormat | |
| genitive | *horman | *hormadën *hormëidën | |
| partitive | *hormada | *hormëida | |
| inessive | *hormassa *hormahna |
*hormëissa *hormëihna | |
| elative | *hormasta | *hormëista | |
| illative | *hormahën | *hormëihën | |
| adessive | *hormalla | *hormëilla | |
| ablative | *hormalta | *hormëilta | |
| allative | *hormalën *hormalëk |
*hormëilën *hormëilëk | |
| essive | *hormana | *hormëina | |
| translative | *hormaksi | *hormëiksi | |
| instructive | *horman | *hormëin | |
| comitative | *hormanëk | *hormëinëk | |
| abessive | *hormatta | *hormëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) vorm, vormikene, võrm, võrmikene
- Finnish: horsma, (dialectal) horma
- → Northern Sami: horbmá
- Karelian:
- Livvi: hormu
- Ludian: horm
- Veps: horm- (in hormhein)
- → Kildin Sami: (obsolete) хо̄ррм (xōrrm)
Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “horma”, 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