Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ümbär

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

Alternative forms

*ümber

Alternative reconstructions

*ümpärä?

Etymology

From a root *ümpä- +‎ *-r(a). The root is borrowed from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Reconstruction

Estonian and Votic suggest *ümber instead. *-ä- is however found in both languages too in the derivatives *ümbärtädäk (Estonian ümmardama) and *ümpärik (Votic ümpäri), suggesting that forms with *-e- are due to later changes.

Noun

*ümbär

surroundings

Usage notes

May have been used chiefly in plural, as most descendants use plural forms as well.

Inflection

Inflection of *ümbär

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*ümbär	*ümpäret
accusative	*ümpären	*ümpäret
genitive	*ümpären	ümbärden ümpäriden
partitive	*ümbärtä	*ümpäritä
inessive	ümpäressä ümpärehnä	ümpärissä ümpärihnä
elative	*ümpärestä	*ümpäristä
illative	*ümpäresen	*ümpärisen
adessive	*ümpärellä	*ümpärillä
ablative	*ümpäreltä	*ümpäriltä
allative	ümpärelen ümpärelek	ümpärilen ümpärilek
essive	*ümbärnä	*ümpärinä
translative	*ümpäreksi	*ümpäriksi
instructive	*ümpären	*ümpärin
comitative	*ümbärnek	*ümpärinek
abessive	*ümpärettä	*ümpärittä

Derived terms

*ümbärtädäk
*ümpärik

Descendants

Does not survive as an independent noun in any descendant, but various forms exist as adverbs:

Finnish: ympärillä (adessive plural), ympärille (allative plural), ympäriltä (ablative plural), ympäriinsä (inessive plural + possessive)
Ingrian: ympäriil (adessive plural), ympärille (allative plural), ympärilt (ablative plural)
Votic: ümperitsee (prolative plural)

Unsorted formations:

⇒ Ingrian: ympärikko

Related terms

*umpi