Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hämä

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Traditionally considered to be from Pre-Proto-Finnic *šämä (akin to Proto-Samic *sāmē). More recently it has however been demonstrated that both Proto-Samic *sāmē and Proto-Finnic *soomi go back to a common proto-form *sämä, in which case *hämä may instead be borrowed from an early form of Proto-Samic *sāmē (which could have yielded *šämä).[1]

Noun[edit]

*hämä

  1. A person living in or originating from the area of the historical province of Häme, sometimes called Tavastian or Tavastlander in English texts.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: Häme, hämäläinen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pystynen, Juho. Itämerensuomen pitkien vokaalien alkuperä (2018). Master's thesis. University of Helsinki. p. 84.