Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tek
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *te.
Pronoun
*tek
- you (plural)
Reconstruction notes
*tek has been traditionally considered the primary nominative form, but YSuS, since 2024, appears to consider *töö primary instead.
Inflection
Inflection of *tek
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | *te *töö | |
| accusative | — | *tedet *teidet | |
| genitive | — | *teden *teiden | |
| partitive | — | *teitä | |
| inessive | — | *teissä *teihnä | |
| elative | — | *teistä | |
| illative | — | *teisen | |
| adessive | — | *teillä | |
| ablative | — | *teiltä | |
| allative | — | *teilen *teilek | |
| essive | — | *teinä | |
| translative | — | *teiksi | |
| instructive | — | *tein | |
| comitative | — | *teinek | |
| abessive | — | *teittä | |
Descendants
References
- “te”, 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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*töö/*tei-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)