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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hühmä

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *šɜšmɜ, compare Erzya шушмин (šušmin) and Moksha шушма (šušma).

Noun

*hühmä

  1. slush (half-melted snow)
  2. thin layer of ice

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ühm, hühm
  • Finnish: hyhmä, hyyhmä
  • Ingrian: hyymä
  • Karelian: hyhmä, hyyhmä
  • Livonian: īʼm
  • Votic: (Kattila) ühmä

Further reading

  • Entry #1627 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hyhmä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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