Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kimalainën

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

The root *kimala possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь +‎ *-inën.

Noun

*kimalainën

  1. bumblebee

Inflection

Inflection of *kimalainën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kimalainën *kimalaicët
accusative *kimalaicën *kimalaicët
genitive *kimalaicën *kimalaictën
*kimalaicidën
partitive *kimalaicta *kimalaicida
inessive *kimalaicëssa
*kimalaicëhna 		*kimalaicissa
*kimalaicihna
elative *kimalaicësta *kimalaicista
illative *kimalaicëhën *kimalaicihën
adessive *kimalaicëlla *kimalaicilla
ablative *kimalaicëlta *kimalaicilta
allative *kimalaicëlën
*kimalaicëlëk 		*kimalaicilën
*kimalaicilëk
essive *kimalainna *kimalaicina
translative *kimalaicëksi *kimalaiciksi
instructive *kimalaicën *kimalaicin
comitative *kimalainnëk *kimalaicinëk
abessive *kimalaicëtta *kimalaicitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kimalane
  • Finnish: kimalainen
  • Ingrian: kimalain
  • ⇒ Livvi: kimaleh
  • Võro: kimalanõ
  • ⇒ Votic: tšimo, tšimolain

References

  • Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN. Page 158, footnote 12

Further reading

  • “kimalane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kimala⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
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