Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peentara
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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
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a univerbation of *peeni (“small”) + *tarha (“garden”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*peentara[1]
- headland (unplowed boundary of a field)
Inflection
Inflection of *peentara
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *peentara | *peentarat | |
| accusative | *peentaran | *peentarat | |
| genitive | *peentaran | *peentaradën *peentaroidën | |
| partitive | *peentarata | *peentaroita | |
| inessive | *peentarassa *peentarahna |
*peentaroissa *peentaroihna | |
| elative | *peentarasta | *peentaroista | |
| illative | *peentarasën | *peentaroisën | |
| adessive | *peentaralla | *peentaroilla | |
| ablative | *peentaralta | *peentaroilta | |
| allative | *peentaralën *peentaralëk |
*peentaroilën *peentaroilëk | |
| essive | *peentarana | *peentaroina | |
| translative | *peentaraksi | *peentaroiksi | |
| instructive | *peentaran | *peentaroin | |
| comitative | *peentaranëk | *peentaroinëk | |
| abessive | *peentaratta | *peentaroitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: peenar
- Finnish: piennar, pientare
- Ingrian: peentara
- Karelian: piennar
- ⇒ Livonian: pīendrõks
- Livvi: pienar
- Ludian: piendar
- Võro: pinnär'
- Votic: peentõrõ, (Mati) peentärä
References
Further reading
- “peenar”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012