Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paimën

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 (whence Lithuanian piemuõ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *poh₂imḗn, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

Noun

*paimën[1]

  1. herdsman, shepherd

Inflection

Inflection of *paimën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *paimën *paimënët
accusative *paimënën *paimënët
genitive *paimënën *paimëndën
*paimënidën
partitive *paimënta *paimënita
inessive *paimënëssa
*paimënëhna 		*paimënissa
*paimënihna
elative *paimënësta *paimënista
illative *paimënësën *paimënisën
adessive *paimënëlla *paimënilla
ablative *paimënëlta *paimënilta
allative *paimënëlën
*paimënëlëk 		*paimënilën
*paimënilëk
essive *paimënna *paimënina
translative *paimënëksi *paimëniksi
instructive *paimënën *paimënin
comitative *paimënnëk *paimëninëk
abessive *paimënëtta *paimënitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: paimen
  • Ingrian: paimen
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: paint
  • Ludian: paimen
  • Veps: paimen
  • Votic: paimõn

From *paimoi:

References

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