Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vëhmas

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vešma- (whence Lithuanian vešėti (“to grow vigorously, thrive”), vešùmas (“lushness, abundance, fertility”)).

Adjective

*vëhmas

  1. lush, verdant, well-growing, fertile

Inflection

Inflection of *vëhmas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vëhmas *vëhmahët
accusative *vëhmahën *vëhmahët
genitive *vëhmahën *vëhmastën
*vëhmahidën
partitive *vëhmasta *vëhmahita
inessive *vëhmahëssa
*vëhmahëhna 		*vëhmahissa
*vëhmahihna
elative *vëhmahësta *vëhmahista
illative *vëhmahësën *vëhmahisën
adessive *vëhmahëlla *vëhmahilla
ablative *vëhmahëlta *vëhmahilta
allative *vëhmahëlën
*vëhmahëlëk 		*vëhmahilën
*vëhmahilëk
essive *vëhmassa *vëhmahina
translative *vëhmahëksi *vëhmahiksi
instructive *vëhmahën *vëhmahin
comitative *vëhmassëk *vëhmahinëk
abessive *vëhmahëtta *vëhmahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) võhmas, >? võhm
  • Finnish: vehmas
  • Votic: (in placename) võhmaz

Further reading

  • “võhm”, 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), “vehmas”, 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
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