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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lümü

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

Related to Proto-Samic *lëmëtēk, further origin unknown.

Noun

*lümü

  1. hiding place, hideout

Inflection
Inflection of *lümü
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lümü *lümüt
accusative *lümün *lümüt
genitive *lümün *lümüden
*lümüiden
partitive *lümüdä *lümüidä
inessive *lümüssä
*lümühnä		 *lümüissä
*lümüihnä
elative *lümüstä *lümüistä
illative *lümühen *lümüihen
adessive *lümüllä *lümüillä
ablative *lümültä *lümüiltä
allative *lümülen
*lümülek		 *lümüilen
*lümüilek
essive *lümünä *lümüinä
translative *lümüksi *lümüiksi
instructive *lümün *lümüin
comitative *lümünek *lümüinek
abessive *lümüttä *lümüittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: (archaic) ⇒ lümama/lümada
  • Finnish: lymy
  • Livvi: ⇒ lymiekseh

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lymy”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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