Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tina
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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-Germanic *tiną.
Noun
*tina[1]
- tin (metal)
Inflection
Inflection of *tina
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tina | *tinat | |
| accusative | *tinan | *tinat | |
| genitive | *tinan | *tinadën *tinoidën | |
| partitive | *tinada | *tinoida | |
| inessive | *tinassa *tinahna |
*tinoissa *tinoihna | |
| elative | *tinasta | *tinoista | |
| illative | *tinahën | *tinoihën | |
| adessive | *tinalla | *tinoilla | |
| ablative | *tinalta | *tinoilta | |
| allative | *tinalën *tinalëk |
*tinoilën *tinoilëk | |
| essive | *tinana | *tinoina | |
| translative | *tinaksi | *tinoiksi | |
| instructive | *tinan | *tinoin | |
| comitative | *tinanëk | *tinoinëk | |
| abessive | *tinatta | *tinoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tina
- Finnish: tina
- Ingrian: tina
- Karelian: tina
- Livonian: tinā, (Salaca) tina
- Livvi: tina
- Ludian: tina
- Veps: tina
- Võro: tina
- Votic: tina
References
Further reading
- “tina”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012