Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/-ta

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology 1

Suffix

*-ta

1. from; forms the ablative case, indicating motion away from

Descendants

• Samoyedic:
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (-d)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: -l (as in felő-l (“from (the direction of)”), mellő-l (“from next to”))
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: -л (-l)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: [script needed] (-č)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *-də (ablative), *-stə (elative), *-ldə
  • Erzya: -до (-do), -де (-ďe), -сто (-sto), стэ (ste), -лдо (-ldo)
  • Moksha: -да (-da), -ста (-sta), -лда (-lda)
• Proto-Samic: *-tē (partitive)
• Proto-Finnic: *-ta/*-da (partitive), *-sta (elative), *-lta (ablative)

Etymology 2

May have originally indicated possession.

Reconstruction

The reconstruction without a preceding vowel *-e- is based on the assertion by SKRK that the original form did not have it, the comparison with Khanty and the possible Finnic descendants which show no sign of the preceding vowel.

Suffix

*-ta

1. A generic adjective marker attached to roots, maybe primarily or exclusively.

Alternative forms

• *-eta

Derived terms

Proto-Uralic terms suffixed with *-eta

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • >? Northern Khanty: -ты (-ty) (e.g. вўрты (wŭrty, “red”) (Shuryshkar) from вўр (wŭr, “blood”))
• Finnic:
  • ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *-ut
  • ⇒? Finnish: -usta, -sto

From *-eta:

• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: -ыт (-yt)
    • Komi-Zyrian: -ыд (-yd)
  • Udmurt: -ыт (-yt)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *-ədə
  • • Erzya: -одо (-odo), -ода (-oda)
    • Moksha: -ада (-ada), -еда (-eda), -да (-da)
• Proto-Samic: *-ëtē
• Proto-Finnic: *-ëda

See also

• *-ta-

References

• Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 19