Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/huuma

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hūma) (whence Old Norse húm).[1]

Noun

*huuma[2]

  1. dawn, twilight, daybreak
  2. glow

Inflection

Inflection of *huuma
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *huuma *huumat
accusative *huuman *huumat
genitive *huuman *huumadën
*huumëidën
partitive *huumada *huumëida
inessive *huumassa
*huumahna 		*huumëissa
*huumëihna
elative *huumasta *huumëista
illative *huumahën *huumëihën
adessive *huumalla *huumëilla
ablative *huumalta *huumëilta
allative *huumalën
*huumalëk 		*huumëilën
*huumëilëk
essive *huumana *huumëina
translative *huumaksi *huumëiksi
instructive *huuman *huumëin
comitative *huumanëk *huumëinëk
abessive *huumatta *huumëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: huum
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ⇒ huumata (“to glow, to radiate heat”)
  • Livonian: ūm

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “huuma”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 14 August 2023
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*huuma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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