Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tee
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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 Proto-Finno-Permic *teje (compare Komi-Zyrian туй (tuj)).
Noun
*tee
Inflection
Inflection of *tee
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tee | *teet | |
| accusative | *teen | *teet | |
| genitive | *teen | *teeden *teiden | |
| partitive | *teetä | *teitä | |
| inessive | *teessä *teehnä |
*teissä *teihnä | |
| elative | *teestä | *teistä | |
| illative | *teesen | *teisen | |
| adessive | *teellä | *teillä | |
| ablative | *teeltä | *teiltä | |
| allative | *teelen *teelek |
*teilen *teilek | |
| essive | *teenä | *teinä | |
| translative | *teeksi | *teiksi | |
| instructive | *teen | *tein | |
| comitative | *teenek | *teinek | |
| abessive | *teettä | *teittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: tee
- Finnish: tie
- Ingrian: tee
- Karelian: tie
- Livvi: tie
- Ludian: tie
- Veps: te
- Võro: tii
- Votic: tee
References
- “tee”, 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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN