Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taa

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 Proto-Uralic *ta, probably a variant of Proto-Uralic *to.

Pronoun

*taa

1. this, that

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) ta, taa
• Finnish: (dialectal) taa
  • ⇒ Finnish: taannoin
• ⇒ Ingrian: taano
• Karelian: toa
• Livonian: ta
• Livvi: tua
• Ludian: tua, tuad
• ⇒ Veps: tanoin
• Võro: taa
• ⇒ Votic: taanõ

Further reading

• “ta”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1016 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.