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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imeh
 | 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
Possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *jemä
Noun
*imeh
- wonder, miracle
Inflection
Inflection of *imeh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *imeh | *imehet | |
| accusative | *imehen | *imehet | |
| genitive | *imehen | *imehten *imehiden | |
| partitive | *imehtä | *imehitä | |
| inessive | *imehessä *imehehnä | *imehissä *imehihnä | |
| elative | *imehestä | *imehistä | |
| illative | *imehesen | *imehisen | |
| adessive | *imehellä | *imehillä | |
| ablative | *imeheltä | *imehiltä | |
| allative | *imehelen *imehelek | *imehilen *imehilek | |
| essive | *imehenä | *imehinä | |
| translative | *imeheksi | *imehiksi | |
| instructive | *imehen | *imehin | |
| comitative | *imehenek | *imehinek | |
| abessive | *imehettä | *imehittä | |
Derived terms
- *imehteldäk
Descendants
- Estonian: ime
- Finnish: ihme
- → Ingrian: ihme
- Karelian: imeh, imehtie
- Livonian: imm
- Ludian: imehtuda
- Võro: imeh/imeq
- Votic: ime
References
- ime in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN