Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/torvi
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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 *towri, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian taure (“bugle, shepherd's horn”), Lithuanian taurė (“goblet”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.
Noun
*torvi
Inflection
Inflection of *torvi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *torvi | *torvët | |
| accusative | *torvën | *torvët | |
| genitive | *torvën | *torvëdën *torvidën | |
| partitive | *torvëda | *torvida | |
| inessive | *torvëssa *torvëhna |
*torvissa *torvihna | |
| elative | *torvësta | *torvista | |
| illative | *torvëhën | *torvihën | |
| adessive | *torvëlla | *torvilla | |
| ablative | *torvëlta | *torvilta | |
| allative | *torvëlën *torvëlëk |
*torvilën *torvilëk | |
| essive | *torvëna | *torvina | |
| translative | *torvëksi | *torviksi | |
| instructive | *torvën | *torvin | |
| comitative | *torvënëk | *torvinëk | |
| abessive | *torvëtta | *torvitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “tõri”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012