Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mämmi

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

Uncertain. Has been compared with Northern Sami meađmma (“raw (of bread)”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*mämmi[1]

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. a flatbread or unleavened bread made of rye and malt
    2. raw, doughy bread

Inflection

Inflection of *mämmi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mämmi *mämmit
accusative *mämmin *mämmit
genitive *mämmin *mämmiden
*mämmejiden
partitive *mämmidä *mämmejitä
inessive *mämmissä
*mämmihnä 		*mämmejissä
*mämmejihnä
elative *mämmistä *mämmejistä
illative *mämmihen *mämmejisen
adessive *mämmillä *mämmejillä
ablative *mämmiltä *mämmejiltä
allative *mämmilen
*mämmilek 		*mämmejilen
*mämmejilek
essive *mämminä *mämmejinä
translative *mämmiksi *mämmejiksi
instructive *mämmin *mämmejin
comitative *mämminek *mämmejinek
abessive *mämmittä *mämmejittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) mämm (“flatbread with malt; raw, doughy bread”)
  • Finnish: mämmi (“mämmi”)
    • → Swedish: memma
    • → Estonian: mämm (semantic loan)
  • Ingrian: mämmi (“mämmi”)
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: mämmi (“mämmi”)
  • Võro: mämḿ (“raw, doughy bread”)
  • Votic: mämmi (“porridge with berries; (dialectal) raw, doughy spot in bread”)

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*mämmi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “mämm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “mämmi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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