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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sammal
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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. Sometimes compared with Lithuanian samanos, but a borrowing from Baltic is not considered certain.
Inflection
Inflection of *sammal
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sammal | *sammalet | |
| accusative | *sammalen | *sammalet | |
| genitive | *sammalen | *sammalden *sammaliden | |
| partitive | *sammalta | *sammalita | |
| inessive | *sammalessa *sammalehna |
*sammalissa *sammalihna | |
| elative | *sammalesta | *sammalista | |
| illative | *sammalesen | *sammalisen | |
| adessive | *sammalella | *sammalilla | |
| ablative | *sammalelta | *sammalilta | |
| allative | *sammalelen *sammalelek |
*sammalilen *sammalilek | |
| essive | *sammalla | *sammalina | |
| translative | *sammaleksi | *sammaliksi | |
| instructive | *sammalen | *sammalin | |
| comitative | *sammallek | *sammalinek | |
| abessive | *sammaletta | *sammalitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- sammal in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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