Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turpa
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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 1
From Proto-Finno-Permic *turpa.
Noun
*turpa
- muzzle (part of animal's head)
Inflection
Inflection of *turpa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *turpa | *turbat | |
| accusative | *turban | *turbat | |
| genitive | *turban | *turpadën *turpëidën | |
| partitive | *turpada | *turpëida | |
| inessive | *turbassa *turbahna |
*turbëissa *turbëihna | |
| elative | *turbasta | *turbëista | |
| illative | *turpahën | *turpëihën | |
| adessive | *turballa | *turbëilla | |
| ablative | *turbalta | *turbëilta | |
| allative | *turpalën *turpalëk |
*turpëilën *turpëilëk | |
| essive | *turpana | *turpëina | |
| translative | *turbaksi | *turbëiksi | |
| instructive | *turban | *turbëin | |
| comitative | *turpanëk | *turpëinëk | |
| abessive | *turbatta | *turbëitta | |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Possibly from the same root as Etymology 1.
Noun
*turpa
Inflection
Inflection of *turpa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *turpa | *turbat | |
| accusative | *turban | *turbat | |
| genitive | *turban | *turpadën *turpëidën | |
| partitive | *turpada | *turpëida | |
| inessive | *turbassa *turbahna |
*turbëissa *turbëihna | |
| elative | *turbasta | *turbëista | |
| illative | *turpahën | *turpëihën | |
| adessive | *turballa | *turbëilla | |
| ablative | *turbalta | *turbëilta | |
| allative | *turpalën *turpalëk |
*turpëilën *turpëilëk | |
| essive | *turpana | *turpëina | |
| translative | *turbaksi | *turbëiksi | |
| instructive | *turban | *turbëin | |
| comitative | *turpanëk | *turpëinëk | |
| abessive | *turbatta | *turbëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: turb
- Finnish: turpa
- ⇒ Ingrian: turpikka
- Livonian: dūrba, tūrba ("zope; Ballerus ballerus")
- Võro: turd
- ⇒ Votic: turpõkkõ
Further reading
- “turb”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.