Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seimi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *sewimi, derived from Proto-Uralic *sewe- (“to eat”) (probably with an equivalent of *-in (instrumental suffix)).
Noun
*seimi[1]
- manger (trough for animals to eat from)
Inflection
Inflection of *seimi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *seimi | *seimet | |
| accusative | *seimen | *seimet | |
| genitive | *seimen | *seinden *seimiden | |
| partitive | *seintä | *seimidä | |
| inessive | *seimessä *seimehnä |
*seimissä *seimihnä | |
| elative | *seimestä | *seimistä | |
| illative | *seimehen | *seimihen | |
| adessive | *seimellä | *seimillä | |
| ablative | *seimeltä | *seimiltä | |
| allative | *seimelen *seimelek |
*seimilen *seimilek | |
| essive | *seimenä | *seiminä | |
| translative | *seimeksi | *seimiksi | |
| instructive | *seimen | *seimin | |
| comitative | *seimenek | *seiminek | |
| abessive | *seimettä | *seimittä | |
Descendants
From *soimi:
- Estonian: sõim
- Finnish: soimi
- Ingrian: soimi, soima
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šoimi
- South Karelian: šoimi
- Livvi: soimi
- Ludian: soim
- Votic: sõimi (Pummala)
References
Further reading
- “sõim”, 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), “soimi”, 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