Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lampi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Uralic *lëmpe (whence also Proto-Samic *luompël and Proto-Samoyedic *lïmpɜ), or alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian klampa (“swamp, marsh”)).
Noun
*lampi[1]
- pond (small lake)
Inflection
Inflection of *lampi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lampi | *lambët | |
| accusative | *lambën | *lambët | |
| genitive | *lambën | *lampëdën *lampidën | |
| partitive | *lampëda | *lampida | |
| inessive | *lambëssa *lambëhna |
*lambissa *lambihna | |
| elative | *lambësta | *lambista | |
| illative | *lampëhën | *lampihën | |
| adessive | *lambëlla | *lambilla | |
| ablative | *lambëlta | *lambilta | |
| allative | *lampëlën *lampëlëk |
*lampilën *lampilëk | |
| essive | *lampëna | *lampina | |
| translative | *lambëksi | *lambiksi | |
| instructive | *lambën | *lambin | |
| comitative | *lampënëk | *lampinëk | |
| abessive | *lambëtta | *lambitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lamm
- Finnish: lampi
- Ingrian: lammi
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lambi
- Ludian: lamb
- Võro: lamm'
- → Russian: лемба (lemba), ламбушка (lambuška)
- →⇒ Russian: лембой (lemboj)
References
Further reading
- “lamm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012