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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammëh

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *amma- +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*ammëh

  1. tub, vat

Inflection
Inflection of *ammëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ammëh *ammëhët
accusative *ammëhën *ammëhët
genitive *ammëhën *ammëhtën
*ammëhidën
partitive *ammëhta *ammëhita
inessive *ammëhëssa
*ammëhëhna		 *ammëhissa
*ammëhihna
elative *ammëhësta *ammëhista
illative *ammëhësën *ammëhisën
adessive *ammëhëlla *ammëhilla
ablative *ammëhëlta *ammëhilta
allative *ammëhëlën
*ammëhëlëk		 *ammëhilën
*ammëhilëk
essive *ammëhëna *ammëhina
translative *ammëhëksi *ammëhiksi
instructive *ammëhën *ammëhin
comitative *ammëhënëk *ammëhinëk
abessive *ammëhëtta *ammëhitta

Descendants

From *ammëh:

  • Finnish: amme
    • → Inari Sami: aammah
    • → Northern Sami: ammaš
  • Karelian: ammeh

From *ammi:

Possibly by metathesis from earlier *am(m)on, *am(m)un:

  • Estonian: anum
  • Võro: annom'

Further reading
  • “anum”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “amme”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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