Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salama

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 *śala +‎ *-ma.

Noun

*salama[1]

  1. lightning

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: salama

From *salamat'ak ("to lighten"):

References

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

Further reading