Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaima

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian ciems, kaimiņš and Lithuanian kaimas).

Noun

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*kaima[1]

  1. namesake (person with the same name as another person)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kaim
  • Finnish: kaima
  • Ingrian: kaima
  • Karelian: kaima
  • Livonian: kāima
  • Livvi: kaimu
  • Ludian: kaimo
  • Votic: kaimõ
  • Proto-Samic: *kājmē

References

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

Further reading

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