Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëhmus

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 akin to Erzya левш (levš), and Moksha [script needed] (ľevəš, “bast”); perhaps from a common root *lešmV ("soft").

Noun

*lëhmus[1]

  1. linden (tree)

Inflection

Inflection of *lëhmus
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëhmus *lëhmuksët
accusative *lëhmuksën *lëhmuksët
genitive *lëhmuksën *lëhmustën
*lëhmuksidën
partitive *lëhmusta *lëhmuksita
inessive *lëhmuksëssa
*lëhmuksëhna 		*lëhmuksissa
*lëhmuksihna
elative *lëhmuksësta *lëhmuksista
illative *lëhmuksësën *lëhmuksisën
adessive *lëhmuksëlla *lëhmuksilla
ablative *lëhmuksëlta *lëhmuksilta
allative *lëhmuksëlën
*lëhmuksëlëk 		*lëhmuksilën
*lëhmuksilëk
essive *lëhmussa *lëhmuksina
translative *lëhmuksëksi *lëhmuksiksi
instructive *lëhmuksën *lëhmuksin
comitative *lëhmussëk *lëhmuksinëk
abessive *lëhmuksëtta *lëhmuksitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõhmus
  • Finnish: lehmus
  • Ludian: lehmuz
  • Veps: lehmuz
  • Võro: lõhmus

References

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