Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooma

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-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse drómi).

Noun

*rooma^[1]

strap used to join the shafts of a carriage, sled etc. to the horse collar
Synonym: *rahkëh

Inflection

Inflection of *rooma

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*rooma	*roomat
accusative	*rooman	*roomat
genitive	*rooman	roomadën roomëidën
partitive	*roomada	*roomëida
inessive	roomassa roomahna	roomëissa roomëihna
elative	*roomasta	*roomëista
illative	*roomahën	*roomëihën
adessive	*roomalla	*roomëilla
ablative	*roomalta	*roomëilta
allative	roomalën roomalëk	roomëilën roomëilëk
essive	*roomana	*roomëina
translative	*roomaksi	*roomëiksi
instructive	*rooman	*roomëin
comitative	*roomanëk	*roomëinëk
abessive	*roomatta	*roomëitta

Descendants

Estonian: room
Finnish: ruoma
- → Inari Sami: ruomâ
- → Northern Sami: ruopma
Ingrian: rooma
Karelian:
- North Karelian: ruoma
Votic: roomõ

References

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

“room”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruoma”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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

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