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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammeh
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *amma- + *-eh.
Noun
*ammeh
- tub, vat
Inflection
Inflection of *ammeh
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ammeh | *ammehet | |
| accusative | *ammehen | *ammehet | |
| genitive | *ammehen | *ammehten *ammehiden | |
| partitive | *ammehta | *ammehita | |
| inessive | *ammehessa | *ammehissa | |
| elative | *ammehesta | *ammehista | |
| illative | *ammehesen | *ammehisen | |
| adessive | *ammehella | *ammehilla | |
| ablative | *ammehelta | *ammehilta | |
| allative | *ammehelen | *ammehilen | |
| essive | *ammehena | *ammehina | |
| translative | *ammeheksi | *ammehiksi | |
| instructive | *ammehen | *ammehin | |
| comitative | *ammehenek | *ammehinek | |
| abessive | *ammehekta | *ammehikta | |
Descendants
From *ammeh:
- Finnish: amme
- → Inari Sami: aammah
- → Northern Sami: ammaš
- Karelian: ammeh
From *ammi:
- Finnish:(dialectal) ammi
- Ingrian: ammi
Possibly by metathesis from earlier *am(m)on, *am(m)un:
- Estonian: anum
- Võro: annom'
Further reading
- anum in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “amme”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN