Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taimi

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 1

Probably from the same root as *taipudak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*taimi^[1]

Inflection

Inflection of *taimi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*taimi	*taimët
accusative	*taimën	*taimët
genitive	*taimën	taindën taimidën
partitive	*tainta	*taimida
inessive	taimëssa taimëhna	taimissa taimihna
elative	*taimësta	*taimista
illative	*taimëhën	*taimihën
adessive	*taimëlla	*taimilla
ablative	*taimëlta	*taimilta
allative	taimëlën taimëlëk	taimilën taimilëk
essive	*taimëna	*taimina
translative	*taimëksi	*taimiksi
instructive	*taimën	*taimin
comitative	*taimënëk	*taiminëk
abessive	*taimëtta	*taimitta

Descendants

Estonian: taim
Finnish: taimi
Ingrian: taimi
Karelian:
- South Karelian: taimi
Livonian: taim
Livvi: taimi
Votic: taimi

From *taimën (with *-n(a)?):

Karelian:
- North Karelian: taimen
- South Karelian: taimen
Livvi: taimen
Ludian: taimen
Veps: taimen

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

*taimi^[2]

brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Inflection

Inflection of *taimi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*taimi	*taimët
accusative	*taimën	*taimët
genitive	*taimën	taindën taimidën
partitive	*tainta	*taimida
inessive	taimëssa taimëhna	taimissa taimihna
elative	*taimësta	*taimista
illative	*taimëhën	*taimihën
adessive	*taimëlla	*taimilla
ablative	*taimëlta	*taimilta
allative	taimëlën taimëlëk	taimilën taimilëk
essive	*taimëna	*taimina
translative	*taimëksi	*taimiksi
instructive	*taimën	*taimin
comitative	*taimënëk	*taiminëk
abessive	*taimëtta	*taimitta

Descendants

Estonian: taim

From *taimën (with *-n(a)?):

Finnish: taimen
- → Swedish: (northern dialects) tajmen
Karelian:
- North Karelian: taimen
Livonian: (Salaca) taimin
- → Latvian: taimiņš
→ Old Novgorodian: таимень (taimenĭ) (from Finnish or Karelian)
- → Middle Russian: таймень (tajmenʹ)
  - Russian: тайме́нь (tajménʹ); таймин (tajmin), тальмень (talʹmenʹ) (dialectal)
    - → Belarusian: тайме́нь (tajmjénʹ)
    - → Bulgarian: таймен (tajmen)
    - → English: taimen
    - → Kazakh: таймен (taimen)
    - → Ukrainian: тайме́нь (tajménʹ)

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*taimi¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*taimi²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*taimi¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

[2] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*taimi²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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