Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sammal

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

Unknown. Sometimes compared with Lithuanian samanos, but a borrowing from Baltic is not considered certain.

Noun

*sammal[1]

  1. moss

Inflection

Inflection of *sammal
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sammal *sammalët
accusative *sammalën *sammalët
genitive *sammalën *sammaldën
*sammalidën
partitive *sammalta *sammalita
inessive *sammalëssa
*sammalëhna 		*sammalissa
*sammalihna
elative *sammalësta *sammalista
illative *sammalësën *sammalisën
adessive *sammalëlla *sammalilla
ablative *sammalëlta *sammalilta
allative *sammalëlën
*sammalëlëk 		*sammalilën
*sammalilëk
essive *sammalla *sammalina
translative *sammalëksi *sammaliksi
instructive *sammalën *sammalin
comitative *sammallëk *sammalinëk
abessive *sammalëtta *sammalitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sammal
  • Finnish: sammal
    • → Northern Sami: sámil
  • Ingrian: sammal
  • Karelian: šammal
  • Livonian: sōmal
  • Livvi: sammal
  • Ludian: sammal, sammau
  • Veps: samal, samou
  • Võro: sammõl'
  • Votic: sammõl

References

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

Further reading

  • “sammal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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