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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooma
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse drómi).
Noun
*rooma
- strap used to join the shafts of a carriage, sled etc. to the horse collar
- Synonym: *rahgeh
Inflection
Inflection of *rooma
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rooma | *roomat | |
| accusative | *rooman | *roomat | |
| genitive | *rooman | *roomaden *roomeiden | |
| partitive | *roomada | *roomeida | |
| inessive | *roomassa | *roomeissa | |
| elative | *roomasta | *roomeista | |
| illative | *roomahen | *roomeihen | |
| adessive | *roomalla | *roomeilla | |
| ablative | *roomalta | *roomeilta | |
| allative | *roomalen | *roomeilen | |
| essive | *roomana | *roomeina | |
| translative | *roomaksi | *roomeiksi | |
| instructive | *rooman | *roomein | |
| comitative | *roomanek | *roomeinek | |
| abessive | *roomakta | *roomeikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: room
- Finnish: ruoma
- → Inari Sami: ruomâ
- → Northern Sami: ruopma
- Ingrian: rooma
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: ruoma
- Votic: rooma
Further reading
- room in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruoma”, in 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