Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/helmi

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. Possibly a substrate loan from the pre-Finnic languages of the Baltic.

Noun

*helmi

Inflection

Inflection of *helmi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*helmi	*helmet
accusative	*helmen	*helmet
genitive	*helmen	helmeden helmiden
partitive	*helmedä	*helmidä
inessive	helmessä helmehnä	helmissä helmihnä
elative	*helmestä	*helmistä
illative	*helmehen	*helmihen
adessive	*helmellä	*helmillä
ablative	*helmeltä	*helmiltä
allative	helmelen helmelek	helmilen helmilek
essive	*helmenä	*helminä
translative	*helmeksi	*helmiksi
instructive	*helmen	*helmin
comitative	*helmenek	*helminek
abessive	*helmettä	*helmittä

Synonyms

(drop): *pisara

Descendants

Estonian: helmes
Finnish: helmi
Ingrian: helmi
Karelian: helmi
Livonian: eļm, ēļmaz
Livvi: helmi
Ludian: hölmü
Veps: hel'm
Võro: helm'
Votic: elmi
→ Northern Sami: helbmu

References

helmes in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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