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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jumala
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *juma (“sky, god”), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyūman- (“shining, divine”).[1] First attested in 1026 in a description of St. Olaf's journey to Karelia, in which it appears in the form Jómali, referring to a holy statue, possibly of the sky god of the pagan Finns. May also be related to Baltic *Jumala in Latgalian Jumala (“goddess of harvest and fertility”), which could be borrowed from Finnic.
Inflection
Inflection of *jumala
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *jumala | *jumalat | |
accusative | *jumalan | *jumalat | |
genitive | *jumalan | *jumaladen *jumaloiden | |
partitive | *jumalata | *jumaloita | |
inessive | *jumalassa *jumalahna |
*jumaloissa *jumaloihna | |
elative | *jumalasta | *jumaloista | |
illative | *jumalasen | *jumaloisen | |
adessive | *jumalalla | *jumaloilla | |
ablative | *jumalalta | *jumaloilta | |
allative | *jumalalen *jumalalek |
*jumaloilen *jumaloilek | |
essive | *jumalana | *jumaloina | |
translative | *jumalaksi | *jumaloiksi | |
instructive | *jumalan | *jumaloin | |
comitative | *jumalanek | *jumaloinek | |
abessive | *jumalatta | *jumaloitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: jumal
- Finnish: jumala
- Ingrian: jumala, (Soikkola) jummaala
- Karelian: jumala
- Livonian: jumāl
- Livvi: jumal
- Ludian: d'umal
- Veps: jumal
- Võro: jummal'
- Votic: jumalõ
- → Akkala Sami: jummel
- → Inari Sami: immeel
- → Kildin Sami: ӣммель (jimm’el’)
- → Lule Sami: jubmel
- → Northern Sami: ipmil
- → Pite Sami: jupmêl
- → Southern Sami: Jupmele
- → Ter Sami: jimmel̜
- → Ume Sami: jybmela
References
- Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “jumala”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
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