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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/horma
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
*horma
- willowherb (plants of the genus Epilobium)
Inflection
Inflection of *horma
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *horma | *hormat | |
| accusative | *horman | *hormat | |
| genitive | *horman | *hormaden *hormeiden | |
| partitive | *hormada | *hormeida | |
| inessive | *hormassa | *hormeissa | |
| elative | *hormasta | *hormeista | |
| illative | *hormahen | *hormeihen | |
| adessive | *hormalla | *hormeilla | |
| ablative | *hormalta | *hormeilta | |
| allative | *hormalen | *hormeilen | |
| essive | *hormana | *hormeina | |
| translative | *hormaksi | *hormeiksi | |
| instructive | *horman | *hormein | |
| comitative | *hormanek | *hormeinek | |
| abessive | *hormakta | *hormeikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vorm, võrm
- Finnish: horsma, (dialectal) horma
- → Northern Sami: horbma
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: horma, horšma
- South Karelian: horma, horzma
- Livvi: hormu
- Ludian: horm
- Veps: horm-(in compound: hormhein)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “horma”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN