Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nurmi

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńurme.

Noun

*nurmi[1]

  1. field, meadow

Inflection

Inflection of *nurmi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nurmi *nurmët
accusative *nurmën *nurmët
genitive *nurmën *nurmëdën
*nurmidën
partitive *nurmëda *nurmida
inessive *nurmëssa
*nurmëhna 		*nurmissa
*nurmihna
elative *nurmësta *nurmista
illative *nurmëhën *nurmihën
adessive *nurmëlla *nurmilla
ablative *nurmëlta *nurmilta
allative *nurmëlën
*nurmëlëk 		*nurmilën
*nurmilëk
essive *nurmëna *nurmina
translative *nurmëksi *nurmiksi
instructive *nurmën *nurmin
comitative *nurmënëk *nurminëk
abessive *nurmëtta *nurmitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nurm
  • Finnish: nurmi
  • Ingrian: nurmi
  • Karelian: nurmi
  • Livonian: nuŗm
  • Livvi: nurmi
  • Ludian: nurm
  • Veps: norm
  • Võro: nurm'
  • Votic: nurmi

References

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

Further reading

  • “nurm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #649 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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