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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Sound-symbolic.
Noun
*tussu[1]
- (hair) tuft
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*tussu
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*tussut
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accusative
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*tussun
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*tussut
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genitive
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*tussun
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*tussudën *tussuidën
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partitive
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*tussuda
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*tussuida
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inessive
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*tussussa *tussuhna
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*tussuissa *tussuihna
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elative
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*tussusta
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*tussuista
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illative
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*tussuhën
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*tussuihën
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adessive
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*tussulla
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*tussuilla
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ablative
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*tussulta
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*tussuilta
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allative
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*tussulën *tussulëk
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*tussuilën *tussuilëk
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essive
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*tussuna
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*tussuina
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translative
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*tussuksi
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*tussuiksi
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instructive
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*tussun
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*tussuin
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comitative
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*tussunëk
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*tussuinëk
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abessive
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*tussutta
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*tussuitta
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Descendants
Further reading
- “tuss”, 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), “tussu”, 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
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tussu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)