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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siima
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sīmô
Noun
*siima
- fishing line
- lash (thong of a whip)
- spiderweb
Inflection
Inflection of *siima
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *siima | *siimat | |
| accusative | *siiman | *siimat | |
| genitive | *siiman | *siimaden *siimoiden | |
| partitive | *siimada | *siimoida | |
| inessive | *siimassa | *siimoissa | |
| elative | *siimasta | *siimoista | |
| illative | *siimahen | *siimoihen | |
| adessive | *siimalla | *siimoilla | |
| ablative | *siimalta | *siimoilta | |
| allative | *siimalen | *siimoilen | |
| essive | *siimana | *siimoina | |
| translative | *siimaksi | *siimoiksi | |
| instructive | *siiman | *siimoin | |
| comitative | *siimanek | *siimoinek | |
| abessive | *siimakta | *siimoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) sihm
- Finnish: siima
- → Inari Sami: sijmá
- Ingrian: siima
- Karelian: siima
- Livvi: siimu
- Ludian: siim
- Veps: sim, sima
- Votic: siima
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “siima”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN