Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarvas
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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
From earlier *tawras, with metathesis of -wr- to -rv-; from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.
Noun
*tarvas[1]
- ? aurochs
Inflection
Inflection of *tarvas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tarvas | *tarvahët | |
| accusative | *tarvahën | *tarvahët | |
| genitive | *tarvahën | *tarvastën *tarvahidën | |
| partitive | *tarvasta | *tarvahita | |
| inessive | *tarvahëssa *tarvahëhna |
*tarvahissa *tarvahihna | |
| elative | *tarvahësta | *tarvahista | |
| illative | *tarvahësën | *tarvahisën | |
| adessive | *tarvahëlla | *tarvahilla | |
| ablative | *tarvahëlta | *tarvahilta | |
| allative | *tarvahëlën *tarvahëlëk |
*tarvahilën *tarvahilëk | |
| essive | *tarvassa | *tarvahina | |
| translative | *tarvahëksi | *tarvahiksi | |
| instructive | *tarvahën | *tarvahin | |
| comitative | *tarvassëk | *tarvahinëk | |
| abessive | *tarvahëtta | *tarvahitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “tarvas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012