Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tiineh
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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 *tejneš, borrowed from an Indo-European language (probably Balto-Slavic), compare Lithuanian dieni (“pregnant”) and Sanskrit धेनु (dhenu).
Adjective
*tiineh[1]
- (of animals) pregnant
Inflection
Inflection of *tiineh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tiineh | *tiinehet | |
| accusative | *tiinehen | *tiinehet | |
| genitive | *tiinehen | *tiinehten *tiinehiden | |
| partitive | *tiinehtä | *tiinehitä | |
| inessive | *tiinehessä *tiinehehnä |
*tiinehissä *tiinehihnä | |
| elative | *tiinehestä | *tiinehistä | |
| illative | *tiinehesen | *tiinehisen | |
| adessive | *tiinehellä | *tiinehillä | |
| ablative | *tiineheltä | *tiinehiltä | |
| allative | *tiinehelen *tiinehelek |
*tiinehilen *tiinehilek | |
| essive | *tiinehenä | *tiinehinä | |
| translative | *tiineheksi | *tiinehiksi | |
| instructive | *tiinehen | *tiinehin | |
| comitative | *tiinehenek | *tiinehinek | |
| abessive | *tiinehettä | *tiinehittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tiine
- Finnish: tiine
- Ingrian: tiine
- Karelian: tiineh
- Livonian: (Salaca) tīn
- Livvi: tiineh
- Ludian: tiineh
- Veps: tineh
- Võro: tiinõq
- Votic: tiini
References
Further reading
- “tiine”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012