Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/huuma

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hūma) (whence Old Norse húm).

Noun

*huuma

1. dawn, twilight, daybreak
2. glow

Inflection

Inflection of *huuma

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*huuma	*huumat
accusative		*huuman	*huumat
genitive		*huuman	*huumadën *huumëidën
partitive		*huumada	*huumëida
inessive		*huumassa *huumahna	*huumëissa *huumëihna
elative		*huumasta	*huumëista
illative		*huumahën	*huumëihën
adessive		*huumalla	*huumëilla
ablative		*huumalta	*huumëilta
allative		*huumalën *huumalëk	*huumëilën *huumëilëk
essive		*huumana	*huumëina
translative		*huumaksi	*huumëiksi
instructive		*huuman	*huumëin
comitative		*huumanëk	*huumëinëk
abessive		*huumatta	*huumëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: huum
• Finnish: (dialectal) ⇒ huumata ("to glow, to radiate heat")
• Livonian: ūm

Further reading

• “huum”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012