< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic

Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/inhiminen

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 *inše, whence also Erzya инже (inže, guest) and Moksha [script needed] (inži, guest), with + *-ma (as a diminutive?) + *-inën.

Noun

*inhiminen[1]

  1. human, human being

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: inimene
  • Finnish: ihminen, (obsolete) inhiminen, (dialectal) immeinen, iniminen, (archaic) inehmo
  • Ingrian: ihmiin, ihmihiin, inmiin, inmihiin
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: imehnini
    • South Karelian: inehmine
  • Livonian: (Vidzeme) imi
  • Livvi: inehmine
  • Ludian: inahmoi
  • Veps: inehmoi
  • Võro: inemine
  • Votic: inimin

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*inhi-minen”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • inimene”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1231 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ihminen”, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.