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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salama
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śala + *-ma.
Noun
*salama
- lightning
Inflection
Inflection of *salama
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *salama | *salamat | |
accusative | *salaman | *salamat | |
genitive | *salaman | *salamaden *salamoiden | |
partitive | *salamata | *salamoita | |
inessive | *salamassa *salamahna | *salamoissa *salamoihna | |
elative | *salamasta | *salamoista | |
illative | *salamasen | *salamoisen | |
adessive | *salamalla | *salamoilla | |
ablative | *salamalta | *salamoilta | |
allative | *salamalen *salamalek | *salamoilen *salamoilek | |
essive | *salamana | *salamoina | |
translative | *salamaksi | *salamoiksi | |
instructive | *salaman | *salamoin | |
comitative | *salamanek | *salamoinek | |
abessive | *salamatta | *salamoitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: salama
From *salamat'ak ("to lighten"):
- Veps: samalta (with metathesis)
Further reading
- Entry #927 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.