Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaima

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian ciems, kaimiņš and Lithuanian kaimas).

Noun

*kaima[1]

  1. namesake (person with the same name as another person)

Inflection

Inflection of *kaima
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kaima *kaimat
accusative *kaiman *kaimat
genitive *kaiman *kaimadën
*kaimoidën
partitive *kaimada *kaimoida
inessive *kaimassa
*kaimahna 		*kaimoissa
*kaimoihna
elative *kaimasta *kaimoista
illative *kaimahën *kaimoihën
adessive *kaimalla *kaimoilla
ablative *kaimalta *kaimoilta
allative *kaimalën
*kaimalëk 		*kaimoilën
*kaimoilëk
essive *kaimana *kaimoina
translative *kaimaksi *kaimoiksi
instructive *kaiman *kaimoin
comitative *kaimanëk *kaimoinëk
abessive *kaimatta *kaimoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaim
  • Finnish: kaima
  • Ingrian: kaima
  • Karelian: kaima
  • Livonian: kāima
  • Livvi: kaimu
  • Ludian: kaimo
  • Votic: kaimõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *kājmē

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kaima”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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