Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuhka
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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
Probably from earlier *tuška and likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tuska-, *tuskijaną.
Noun
*tuhka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *tuhka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tuhka | *tuhkat | |
| accusative | *tuhkan | *tuhkat | |
| genitive | *tuhkan | *tuhkadën *tuhkëidën | |
| partitive | *tuhkada | *tuhkëida | |
| inessive | *tuhkassa *tuhkahna |
*tuhkëissa *tuhkëihna | |
| elative | *tuhkasta | *tuhkëista | |
| illative | *tuhkahën | *tuhkëihën | |
| adessive | *tuhkalla | *tuhkëilla | |
| ablative | *tuhkalta | *tuhkëilta | |
| allative | *tuhkalën *tuhkalëk |
*tuhkëilën *tuhkëilëk | |
| essive | *tuhkana | *tuhkëina | |
| translative | *tuhkaksi | *tuhkëiksi | |
| instructive | *tuhkan | *tuhkëin | |
| comitative | *tuhkanëk | *tuhkëinëk | |
| abessive | *tuhkatta | *tuhkëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tuhk
- Finnish: tuhka
- Ingrian: tuhka
- Karelian: tuhka
- Livonian: tū’gõd pl
- Livvi: tuhku
- Ludian: tuhk
- Veps: tuhk
- Võro: tuhk
- Votic: tuhkõ
References
Further reading
- “tuhk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012