Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruumën

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *grūdmen- (compare Latvian grūst, Lithuanian grūsti (“to crush”)), or less likely, from Proto-Germanic *krūmô.

Noun

*ruumën (Northern Finnic)

  1. chaff, husk (inedible parts removed from cereal during threshing)
    Synonyms: *akana, *pëlu

Inflection

Inflection of *ruumën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ruumën *ruumënët
accusative *ruumënën *ruumënët
genitive *ruumënën *ruumëndën
*ruumënidën
partitive *ruumënta *ruumënita
inessive *ruumënëssa
*ruumënëhna 		*ruumënissa
*ruumënihna
elative *ruumënësta *ruumënista
illative *ruumënësën *ruumënisën
adessive *ruumënëlla *ruumënilla
ablative *ruumënëlta *ruumënilta
allative *ruumënëlën
*ruumënëlëk 		*ruumënilën
*ruumënilëk
essive *ruumënna *ruumënina
translative *ruumënëksi *ruumëniksi
instructive *ruumënën *ruumënin
comitative *ruumënnëk *ruumëninëk
abessive *ruumënëtta *ruumënitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: ruumen
  • Ingrian: rummen
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ruumen
  • Ludian: ruumen
  • Veps: rumen

From *ruumëk:

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruumen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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