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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lampi

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *luompël. Both possibly from Proto-Uralic *lëmpe, or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian klampa (“swamp, marsh”)).

Noun

*lampi

  1. pond (small lake)

Inflection
Inflection of *lampi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lampi *lambët
accusative *lambën *lambët
genitive *lambën *lampëdën
*lampidën
partitive *lampëda *lampida
inessive *lambëssa
*lambëhna		 *lambissa
*lambihna
elative *lambësta *lambista
illative *lampëhën *lampihën
adessive *lambëlla *lambilla
ablative *lambëlta *lambilta
allative *lampëlën
*lampëlëk		 *lampilën
*lampilëk
essive *lampëna *lampina
translative *lambëksi *lambiksi
instructive *lambën *lambin
comitative *lampënëk *lampinëk
abessive *lambëtta *lambitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: lamm
  • Finnish: lampi
  • Ingrian: lammi
  • Karelian: lampi, lambi
  • Livvi: lambi
  • Ludian: lamb
  • → Russian: лемба (lemba), ламбушка (lambuška)
  • →⇒ Russian: лембой (lemboj)

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