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|imagecaption = Flag of the Republic of Valtamia | |imagecaption = Flag of the Republic of Valtamia | ||
|name = Valtamic | |name = Valtamic | ||
|nativename = | |nativename = Äljämhar, Аьляьмхар | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ˈæˑʎɛm̥ˌχʌɾ̥ | ||
|states = Valtamia | |states = Valtamia | ||
|setting = Alt-History Baltic | |setting = Alt-History Baltic | ||
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The English [[w:Endonym and exonym|exonym]] ''Valtamic'' is a loan from [[w:Latin|Latin]] ''Vāltamicus'' (''"Valtamic; Livonian"''), with the most likely source being from Proto-Valtamic ''*βältämu'', from ''*βältä'' (''"strange"'') + ''*ämu'' (''"man, human"''), a theorized calque of a Finnic exonym. Nearly all European languages follow with loaning the Latin exonym, such as [[w:German language|German]] ''Waltamisch'', [[w:French language|French]] ''Valtamien'', and [[w:Russian language|Russian]] ''Валтамский'' (''Valtamskij''). | The English [[w:Endonym and exonym|exonym]] ''Valtamic'' is a loan from [[w:Latin|Latin]] ''Vāltamicus'' (''"Valtamic; Livonian"''), with the most likely source being from Proto-Valtamic ''*βältämu'', from ''*βältä'' (''"strange"'') + ''*ämu'' (''"man, human"''), a theorized calque of a Finnic exonym. Nearly all European languages follow with loaning the Latin exonym, such as [[w:German language|German]] ''Waltamisch'', [[w:French language|French]] ''Valtamien'', and [[w:Russian language|Russian]] ''Валтамский'' (''Valtamskij''). | ||
The native [[w:Endonym and exonym|endonym]] '' | The native [[w:Endonym and exonym|endonym]] ''Äljämhar'' is unrelated to the Latin exonym, instead coming from Proto-Valtamic ''*βärjämu'', from ''*βäre'' (''"foreign"'') + ''*ämu'' (''"man, human"''), + Modern Valtamic ''-har'' (''adjective-nominalizing suffix'') , with unexplained loss of the initial ''*β''. It's also a theorized calque of another Finnic exonym. | ||
===Proto-Valtamic=== | ===Proto-Valtamic=== | ||