Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/-m

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Alternative forms

  • *-äm (after consonants, sometimes replacing the final vowel)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *-ma. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *-ma.

Suffix

*-m

  1. Used to form action/result nouns from verbs.
  2. Used to form the perfect participles of verbs.
  3. Used to form result nouns from other nouns.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: (-m)
    • Komi-Yazva: (-m)
    • Komi-Zyrian: (-m)
  • Udmurt: (-m)