Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tërva
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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
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]
Inflection
Inflection of *tërva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tërva | *tërvat | |
| accusative | *tërvan | *tërvat | |
| genitive | *tërvan | *tërvadën *tërvoidën | |
| partitive | *tërvada | *tërvoida | |
| inessive | *tërvassa *tërvahna |
*tërvoissa *tërvoihna | |
| elative | *tërvasta | *tërvoista | |
| illative | *tërvahën | *tërvoihën | |
| adessive | *tërvalla | *tërvoilla | |
| ablative | *tërvalta | *tërvoilta | |
| allative | *tërvalën *tërvalëk |
*tërvoilën *tërvoilëk | |
| essive | *tërvana | *tërvoina | |
| translative | *tërvaksi | *tërvoiksi | |
| instructive | *tërvan | *tërvoin | |
| comitative | *tërvanëk | *tërvoinëk | |
| abessive | *tërvatta | *tërvoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: tõrv
- Finnish: terva
- Ingrian: terva
- Karelian: terva
- Livonian: tȭra
- Livvi: tervu
- Ludian: terv
- Veps: terv
- Võro: tõrv
- Votic: tõrvõ
- → Proto-Samic: *tërvē
References
- “tõrv”, in 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] (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