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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sumu

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

From earlier *sumi + *-u, from the same root as *sumëda.

Noun

*sumu

  1. fog, mist
  2. drizzle

Inflection

Descendants

From *sumu:

  • Finnish: sumu
  • Ingrian: sumu
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: sumu
  • ? Proto-Samic: *somō (see there for further descendants)

From *sumëk (from *sumi + *-ëk):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) sume
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: sume
  • Livvi: sume
  • Ludian: sume
  • Veps: sumeg

References

    Further reading

    • sume”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
    • Entry #1576 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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