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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
A loanword from either Baltic (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa) or Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *terwą). Either way from Proto-Indo-European *dérw-o-m, from *dóru (“wood”).
Noun
*tërva[1]
- tar
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*tërva
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*tërvat
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accusative
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*tërvan
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*tërvat
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genitive
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*tërvan
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*tërvadën *tërvoidën
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partitive
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*tërvada
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*tërvoida
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inessive
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*tërvassa *tërvahna
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*tërvoissa *tërvoihna
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elative
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*tërvasta
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*tërvoista
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illative
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*tërvahën
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*tërvoihën
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adessive
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*tërvalla
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*tërvoilla
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ablative
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*tërvalta
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*tërvoilta
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allative
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*tërvalën *tërvalëk
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*tërvoilën *tërvoilëk
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essive
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*tërvana
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*tërvoina
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translative
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*tërvaksi
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*tërvoiksi
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instructive
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*tërvan
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*tërvoin
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comitative
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*tërvanëk
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*tërvoinëk
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abessive
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*tërvatta
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*tërvoitta
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tërva”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
- “tõrv”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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