Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sumëda

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 earlier *sumi +‎ *-ëda, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stum- (whence Faroese stummur (“pitch-black”), Icelandic stum (“dust, rime, fog”)), although it is uncertain whether the Proto-Germanic word even exists with a similar meaning, as opposed to merely *stummaz (“mute”).

Adjective

*sumëda

1. foggy
2. dim, murky

Inflection

Inflection of *sumëda

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sumëda	*sumëdat
accusative		*sumëdan	*sumëdat
genitive		*sumëdan	*sumëdadën *sumëdëidën
partitive		*sumëdata	*sumëdëita
inessive		*sumëdassa *sumëdahna	*sumëdëissa *sumëdëihna
elative		*sumëdasta	*sumëdëista
illative		*sumëdasën	*sumëdëisën
adessive		*sumëdalla	*sumëdëilla
ablative		*sumëdalta	*sumëdëilta
allative		*sumëdalën *sumëdalëk	*sumëdëilën *sumëdëilëk
essive		*sumëdana	*sumëdëina
translative		*sumëdaksi	*sumëdëiksi
instructive		*sumëdan	*sumëdëin
comitative		*sumëdanëk	*sumëdëinëk
abessive		*sumëdatta	*sumëdëitta

Related terms

• *sumu

Descendants

• Estonian: sume
• Finnish: sumea
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šumie
  • South Karelian: šumie
• Livvi: sumei

Further reading

• “sume”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sumea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN