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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahma

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 *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

*ahma

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

Inflection
Inflection of *ahma
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ahma *ahmat
accusative *ahman *ahmat
genitive *ahman *ahmadën
*ahmoidën
partitive *ahmada *ahmoida
inessive *ahmassa
*ahmahna		 *ahmoissa
*ahmoihna
elative *ahmasta *ahmoista
illative *ahmahën *ahmoihën
adessive *ahmalla *ahmoilla
ablative *ahmalta *ahmoilta
allative *ahmalën
*ahmalëk		 *ahmoilën
*ahmoilëk
essive *ahmana *ahmoina
translative *ahmaksi *ahmoiksi
instructive *ahman *ahmoin
comitative *ahmanëk *ahmoinëk
abessive *ahmatta *ahmoitta

Derived terms

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

From *ahmoi:

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

References
  1. Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019)
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