Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valkama

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlka- (to descend, to go down) +‎ *-ma.

Noun

*valkama[1]

  1. haven, harbour

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: valgma
  • Finnish: valkama
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: valkamo
    • South Karelian: valgama, valgamo
  • Livonian: vālgam, vālgamō
  • Livvi: valgamo
  • Ludian: valgam
  • Veps: valdmad, vougma

References

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

Further reading

  • valgma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1110 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.