Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/horma
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
*horma
- willowherb (plants of the genus Epilobium)
Inflection
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
- Estonian: vorm, võrm
- Finnish: horsma, (dialectal) horma
- → Northern Sami: horbmá
- Karelian:
- Livvi: hormu
- Ludian: horm
- Veps: horm- (in compound: hormhein)
- → Kildin Sami: хо̄ррм (xōrrm) (obsolete)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, 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