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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haimo

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *šaimo, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian saime, Lithuanian šeima.

Noun

*haimo

  1. tribe
  2. family; kindred, relatives

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • hõim in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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