Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tapa
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (whence Latvian daba, Lithuanian daba). Comparisons with Germanic have also been proposed.
Noun
*tapa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *tapa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tapa | *tabat | |
| accusative | *taban | *tabat | |
| genitive | *taban | *tapadën *tapoidën | |
| partitive | *tapada | *tapoida | |
| inessive | *tabassa *tabahna |
*taboissa *taboihna | |
| elative | *tabasta | *taboista | |
| illative | *tapahën | *tapoihën | |
| adessive | *taballa | *taboilla | |
| ablative | *tabalta | *taboilta | |
| allative | *tapalën *tapalëk |
*tapoilën *tapoilëk | |
| essive | *tapana | *tapoina | |
| translative | *tabaksi | *taboiksi | |
| instructive | *taban | *taboin | |
| comitative | *tapanëk | *tapoinëk | |
| abessive | *tabatta | *taboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tava
- Finnish: tapa
- Ingrian: tapa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: dabā
- Livvi: taba
- Ludian: taba
- Veps: taba
- Votic: tapa
References
Further reading
- “tava”, 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