Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahma
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *ašma (whence also Proto-Samic *vuosvēs), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (whence Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)).[1]
Noun
*ahma[2]
- glutton (one who eats voraciously)
Inflection
Inflection of *ahma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahma | *ahmat | |
| accusative | *ahman | *ahmat | |
| genitive | *ahman | *ahmadën *ahmoidën | |
| partitive | *ahmada | *ahmoida | |
| inessive | *ahmassa *ahmahna |
*ahmoissa *ahmoihna | |
| elative | *ahmasta | *ahmoista | |
| illative | *ahmahën | *ahmoihën | |
| adessive | *ahmalla | *ahmoilla | |
| ablative | *ahmalta | *ahmoilta | |
| allative | *ahmalën *ahmalëk |
*ahmoilën *ahmoilëk | |
| essive | *ahmana | *ahmoina | |
| translative | *ahmaksi | *ahmoiksi | |
| instructive | *ahman | *ahmoin | |
| comitative | *ahmanëk | *ahmoinëk | |
| abessive | *ahmatta | *ahmoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: ahm (“glutton”) (rare, dialectal)
- Finnish: ahma (“wolverine; (dialectal) glutton”), ⇒ ahmatti (“glutton”)
- ⇒ Ingrian: ahmastaa (“to wolf down”)
- → Proto-Samic: *āsvā (“sweet, delicious”)
From *ahmoi:
- Finnish: (dialectal) ahmo (“greedy”)
- Ingrian: ahmo (“greedy”)
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ahmoi (“wolverine; glutton”)
- Ludian: ahmo (“wolverine”)
References
Further reading
- “ahm”, 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), “ahma”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN