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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ammu-

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 earlier *ammi, from Proto-Uralic *amme (“old”). Cognate with Hungarian ó.

Adverb

*ammu-

long ago, in the old times

Descendants

From *ammu-:

Estonian: ammu
Ingrian: aamuin
Karelian: ammuin
Livonian: amūst
Livvi: ammui
Ludian: amu
Veps: amu
Võro: ammuq
Votic: ammu- (in compound: ammuaika)

From *ammo-:

Finnish: ammoin
Karelian: ammoin

Further reading

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

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