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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhmu

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 borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kuzma).

Noun

*kuhmu[1]

  1. bump, lump

Inflection

Descendants

From *kuhmu:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kuhm
  • Finnish: kuhmu
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kuhmu
  • Ludian: kuhm
  • Veps: kuhm

From *kühmü:

  • Estonian: kühm
  • Finnish: kyhmy

From *kühmä:

  • Võro: kühm

References

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

Further reading

  • kühm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuhmu”, 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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