Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imeh

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 *imeš, cognate with Proto-Samic *ëmës, derived from Proto-Uralic *jemä (“sacred, supernatural”) with +‎ *-eh.[1]

Noun

*imeh[2]

  1. miracle, wonder

Inflection

Inflection of *imeh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *imeh *imehet
accusative *imehen *imehet
genitive *imehen *imehten
*imehiden
partitive *imehtä *imehitä
inessive *imehessä
*imehehnä 		*imehissä
*imehihnä
elative *imehestä *imehistä
illative *imehesen *imehisen
adessive *imehellä *imehillä
ablative *imeheltä *imehiltä
allative *imehelen
*imehelek 		*imehilen
*imehilek
essive *imehenä *imehinä
translative *imeheksi *imehiksi
instructive *imehen *imehin
comitative *imehenek *imehinek
abessive *imehettä *imehittä

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: ime
  • Finnish: ihme
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: imeh
    • South Karelian: imeh
  • Livonian: i’m
  • Ludian: ⇒ imehtuda
  • Võro: imeh/imeq
  • Votic: ime
  • → Lule Sami: imáj
  • → Northern Sami: imaš
  • → Inari Sami: iimâš

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ihme”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*imeh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “ime”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (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
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