Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seemen

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 *sḗˀmen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Noun

*seemen[1]

  1. seed

Inflection

Inflection of *seemen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *seemen *seemenet
accusative *seemenen *seemenet
genitive *seemenen *seemenden
*seemeniden
partitive *seementä *seemenitä
inessive *seemenessä
*seemenehnä 		*seemenissä
*seemenihnä
elative *seemenestä *seemenistä
illative *seemenesen *seemenisen
adessive *seemenellä *seemenillä
ablative *seemeneltä *seemeniltä
allative *seemenelen
*seemenelek 		*seemenilen
*seemenilek
essive *seemennä *seemeninä
translative *seemeneksi *seemeniksi
instructive *seemenen *seemenin
comitative *seemennek *seemeninek
abessive *seemenettä *seemenittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: seeme
  • Finnish: siemen
  • Ingrian: seemen
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šiemen
    • South Karelian: šiemen
  • Livonian: ⇒ sīemgõz
  • Livvi: siemen
  • Ludian: šiemen
  • Veps: semen
  • Võro: seemen, seemeq
  • Votic: seeme

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*seemen”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “seeme”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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