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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruumis
 | 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
Unknown, possibly derived from a root *ruumV-, but no satisfactory root is known.
Noun
*ruumis
- body
- Synonym: *hipjä
- corpse
- Synonym: *raato
Inflection
Inflection of *ruumis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ruumis | *ruumihet | |
| accusative | *ruumihen | *ruumihet | |
| genitive | *ruumihen | *ruumisten *ruumihiden | |
| partitive | *ruumista | *ruumihita | |
| inessive | *ruumihessa *ruumihehna | *ruumihissa *ruumihihna | |
| elative | *ruumihesta | *ruumihista | |
| illative | *ruumihesen | *ruumihisen | |
| adessive | *ruumihella | *ruumihilla | |
| ablative | *ruumihelta | *ruumihilta | |
| allative | *ruumihelen *ruumihelek | *ruumihilen *ruumihilek | |
| essive | *ruumissa | *ruumihina | |
| translative | *ruumiheksi | *ruumihiksi | |
| instructive | *ruumihen | *ruumihin | |
| comitative | *ruumissek | *ruumihinek | |
| abessive | *ruumihetta | *ruumihitta | |
Descendants
From *ruumis:
- Finnish: ruumis, rumis (dialectal)
- Ingrian: ruumis
- Karelian: ruumis
- Livvi: ruumis
- Votic: ruumõz
- → Inari Sami: ruumâš
- → Lule Sami: rumáj
- → Northern Sami: rumaš
- → Southern Sami: repmie
From *ruumeh:
- Ingrian: ruume
- Votic: ruumõ
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruumis”, 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