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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/solmi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćolme. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuolmë and Hungarian csomó.
Noun
*solmi
- knot
Inflection
Inflection of *solmi
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 | *solmi | *solmet | |
accusative | *solmen | *solmet | |
genitive | *solmen | *solmeden *solmiden | |
partitive | *solmeda | *solmida | |
inessive | *solmessa *solmehna | *solmissa *solmihna | |
elative | *solmesta | *solmista | |
illative | *solmehen | *solmihen | |
adessive | *solmella | *solmilla | |
ablative | *solmelta | *solmilta | |
allative | *solmelen *solmelek | *solmilen *solmilek | |
essive | *solmena | *solmina | |
translative | *solmeksi | *solmiksi | |
instructive | *solmen | *solmin | |
comitative | *solmenek | *solminek | |
abessive | *solmetta | *solmitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: sõlm
- Finnish: solmi (dialectal)
- Ingrian: solmi
- Karelian: solmi
- Livonian: suoļm
- Livvi: solmi
- Veps: sol'm
- Votic: sõlmi
From *solmu:
- Finnish: solmu
- Votic: sõlmu
Further reading
- solm 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