Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/seimi

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 earlier *sewimi, derived from Proto-Uralic *sewe- (probably with an equivalent of *-in (instrumental suffix)).

Noun

*seimi^[1]

manger (trough for animals to eat from)

Inflection

Inflection of *seimi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*seimi	*seimet
accusative	*seimen	*seimet
genitive	*seimen	seinden seimiden
partitive	*seintä	*seimidä
inessive	seimessä seimehnä	seimissä seimihnä
elative	*seimestä	*seimistä
illative	*seimehen	*seimihen
adessive	*seimellä	*seimillä
ablative	*seimeltä	*seimiltä
allative	seimelen seimelek	seimilen seimilek
essive	*seimenä	*seiminä
translative	*seimeksi	*seimiksi
instructive	*seimen	*seimin
comitative	*seimenek	*seiminek
abessive	*seimettä	*seimittä

Descendants

Finnish: seimi
Ingrian: seimi
Võro: seim'
Votic: seimi

From *soimi:

Estonian: sõim
Finnish: soimi
Ingrian: soimi, soima
Karelian: soimi
Livvi: soimi
Ludian: soim
Votic: sõimi

References

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

“sõim”, 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), “soimi”, 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

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

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