Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kombëh

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

According to SSA, possibly sound-symbolic.^[1]

Noun

*kombëh^[2]

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. tool, means
2. method, way, manner, means
3. guile, cunning, craftiness

Inflection

Inflection of *kombëh

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*kombëh	*kompëhët
accusative	*kompëhën	*kompëhët
genitive	*kompëhën	kombëhtën kompëhidën
partitive	*kombëhta	*kompëhita
inessive	kompëhëssa kompëhëhna	kompëhissa kompëhihna
elative	*kompëhësta	*kompëhista
illative	*kompëhësën	*kompëhisën
adessive	*kompëhëlla	*kompëhilla
ablative	*kompëhëlta	*kompëhilta
allative	kompëhëlën kompëhëlëk	kompëhilën kompëhilëk
essive	*kompëhëna	*kompëhina
translative	*kompëhëksi	*kompëhiksi
instructive	*kompëhën	*kompëhin
comitative	*kompëhënëk	*kompëhinëk
abessive	*kompëhëtta	*kompëhitta

Descendants

Estonian: komme
Finnish: komme
Karelian:
- North Karelian: (dialectal) kompeh
Livonian: kõm, kom
Võro: kommõq, kummõq

References

^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “komme”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kombëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)