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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooma

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-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse drómi).

Noun

*rooma

  1. strap used to join the shafts of a carriage, sled etc. to the horse collar
    Synonym: *rahgeh

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: room
  • Finnish: ruoma
    • Inari Sami: ruomâ
    • Northern Sami: ruopma
  • Ingrian: rooma
  • Karelian:
  • Votic: rooma

Further reading

  • room in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), ruoma”, in 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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