Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/somëra

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

Unknown. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuomër, suggesting earlier *śomera.

Noun

*somëra[1]

  1. rough gravel or sand

Inflection

Inflection of *somëra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *somëra *somërat
accusative *somëran *somërat
genitive *somëran *somëradën
*somëroidën
partitive *somërata *somëroita
inessive *somërassa
*somërahna 		*somëroissa
*somëroihna
elative *somërasta *somëroista
illative *somërasën *somëroisën
adessive *somëralla *somëroilla
ablative *somëralta *somëroilta
allative *somëralën
*somëralëk 		*somëroilën
*somëroilëk
essive *somërana *somëroina
translative *somëraksi *somëroiksi
instructive *somëran *somëroin
comitative *somëranëk *somëroinëk
abessive *somëratta *somëroitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõmer
  • Finnish: somero, (dialectal) somera
  • Livonian: sumār
  • Võro: sõmmõr'
  • Votic: sõmõrõ

References

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

Further reading

  • “sõmer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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