Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rihma

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 *rišma, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian risamais, Lithuanian rišimas).

Noun

*rihma^[1]

Inflection

Inflection of *rihma

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*rihma	*rihmat
accusative	*rihman	*rihmat
genitive	*rihman	rihmadën rihmoidën
partitive	*rihmada	*rihmoida
inessive	rihmassa rihmahna	rihmoissa rihmoihna
elative	*rihmasta	*rihmoista
illative	*rihmahën	*rihmoihën
adessive	*rihmalla	*rihmoilla
ablative	*rihmalta	*rihmoilta
allative	rihmalën rihmalëk	rihmoilën rihmoilëk
essive	*rihmana	*rihmoina
translative	*rihmaksi	*rihmoiksi
instructive	*rihman	*rihmoin
comitative	*rihmanëk	*rihmoinëk
abessive	*rihmatta	*rihmoitta

Descendants

Estonian: rihm
Finnish: rihma
Ingrian: rihma
Karelian:
- North Karelian: rihma
- South Karelian: rihma, riihma
Livonian: rī’mõz
Livvi: rihmu
Ludian: rihm
Veps: rihm
Võro: rihm
Votic: rihmõ

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rihma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“rihm”, 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), “rihma”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rihma”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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