Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kämmen

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*kämmen

  1. palm (of the hand)

Inflection

Inflection of *kämmen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kämmen *kämmenet
accusative *kämmenen *kämmenet
genitive *kämmenen *kämmenden
*kämmeniden
partitive *kämmentä *kämmenitä
inessive *kämmenessä
*kämmenehnä 		*kämmenissä
*kämmenihnä
elative *kämmenestä *kämmenistä
illative *kämmenesen *kämmenisen
adessive *kämmenellä *kämmenillä
ablative *kämmeneltä *kämmeniltä
allative *kämmenelen
*kämmenelek 		*kämmenilen
*kämmenilek
essive *kämmennä *kämmeninä
translative *kämmeneksi *kämmeniksi
instructive *kämmenen *kämmenin
comitative *kämmennek *kämmeninek
abessive *kämmenettä *kämmenittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: kämmen
  • Ingrian: kämmen
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kämmen
  • Ludian: kämmen
  • Veps: kämen

From *kämmäl:

Further reading

  • “kämmal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kämme-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Entry #265 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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