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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häidelmä

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 *häici.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. suffix

Noun

*häidelmä

  1. flower, inflorescence
  2. stamen or inflorescence of hay/cereal and its pollen

Inflection

Descendants

From *häidelmä:

  • Finnish: hedelmä, (dialectal) heilimä, heilmä, heelimä, heelmä
  • Veps: heid'om
  • Võro: häielm, häelm
  • Votic: edʹdʹõlmo

From *häidermä:

  • Livonian: ēdrõm
  • Võro: häierm

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hedelmä”, 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

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri. Kantasuomen balttilaislainat 1. (A-)H (2020)
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