Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lämcä

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 *lāmčē, further origin unknown.

Noun

*lämcä

  1. strap

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: lämsä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lämšä
    • South Karelian: lämšä, lämššä
  • Ludian: lämč, lämčäd
  • Russian: лямка (ljamka)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lämsä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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