Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turva
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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 borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *trūwō (whence Swedish tro (“belief, reliability”)).
Noun
*turva
Inflection
Inflection of *turva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *turva | *turvat | |
| accusative | *turvan | *turvat | |
| genitive | *turvan | *turvadën *turvëidën | |
| partitive | *turvada | *turvëida | |
| inessive | *turvassa *turvahna |
*turvëissa *turvëihna | |
| elative | *turvasta | *turvëista | |
| illative | *turvahën | *turvëihën | |
| adessive | *turvalla | *turvëilla | |
| ablative | *turvalta | *turvëilta | |
| allative | *turvalën *turvalëk |
*turvëilën *turvëilëk | |
| essive | *turvana | *turvëina | |
| translative | *turvaksi | *turvëiksi | |
| instructive | *turvan | *turvëin | |
| comitative | *turvanëk | *turvëinëk | |
| abessive | *turvatta | *turvëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: turv
- Finnish: turva
- → Northern Sami: dorvu
- Ingrian: turva
- Karelian:
- Livvi: turvu
- Veps: ⇒ turviš, turvil
- Votic: (Rudja) turva
Further reading
- “turv”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “turva”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN