Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hämä

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

Traditionally considered to be from Pre-Proto-Finnic *šämä (akin to Proto-Samic *sāmē). More recently it has however been demonstrated that both Proto-Samic *sāmē and Proto-Finnic *soomi go back to a common proto-form *sämä, in which case *hämä may instead be borrowed from an early form of Proto-Samic *sāmē (which could have yielded *šämä).[1]

Noun

*hämä

  1. A person living in or originating from the area of the historical province of Häme, sometimes called Tavastian or Tavastlander in English texts.

Inflection

Inflection of *hämä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hämä *hämät
accusative *hämän *hämät
genitive *hämän *hämäden
*hämeiden
partitive *hämädä *hämeidä
inessive *hämässä
*hämähnä 		*hämeissä
*hämeihnä
elative *hämästä *hämeistä
illative *hämähen *hämeihen
adessive *hämällä *hämeillä
ablative *hämältä *hämeiltä
allative *hämälen
*hämälek 		*hämeilen
*hämeilek
essive *hämänä *hämeinä
translative *hämäksi *hämeiksi
instructive *hämän *hämein
comitative *hämänek *hämeinek
abessive *hämättä *hämeittä

Descendants

  • ⇒ Finnish: Häme, hämäläinen
    • → Russian: ямь (jamʹ, “Tavastian”)
      • → Finnish: jäämi (“Tavastian”)

References

  1. ^ Pystynen, Juho. Itämerensuomen pitkien vokaalien alkuperä (2018). Master's thesis. University of Helsinki. p. 84.
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