Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imä

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

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *jimä, although no certain cognates have been put forward; possibly related to Northern Sami amiidit, while Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (jumol) is unlikely to be related due to phonological difficulties.

Adjective

*imä[1]

  1. sweet, oversweet

Inflection

Inflection of *imä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *imä *imät
accusative *imän *imät
genitive *imän *imäden
*imeiden
partitive *imädä *imeidä
inessive *imässä
*imähnä 		*imeissä
*imeihnä
elative *imästä *imeistä
illative *imähen *imeihen
adessive *imällä *imeillä
ablative *imältä *imeiltä
allative *imälen
*imälek 		*imeilen
*imeilek
essive *imänä *imeinä
translative *imäksi *imeiksi
instructive *imän *imein
comitative *imänek *imeinek
abessive *imättä *imeittä

Descendants

From *imä:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ima, ⇒ imal
  • Livonian: ⇒ imāb
  • Võro: ⇒ imähtämä/imähtäq
  • Votic: ⇒ imiä

From *imelä (+ *-lä):

  • Finnish: imelä
  • Ingrian: immeelä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: imely
  • Ludian: imel
  • Veps: imel'

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*imä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “imal”, 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), “imelä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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