Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terveh

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

*tërva +‎ *-ëh. The traditional derivation from *tërva (“tar, tarry wood”) is unlikely due to semantically weak explanation. More likely is a very old loan from Indo-Iranian, in which case it has the same origin as Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬁 (dərəuuā, “healthy”).

Adjective

*terveh

1. healthy, well
2. solid, whole

Inflection

Inflection of *terveh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*terveh	*tervehet
accusative		*tervehen	*tervehet
genitive		*tervehen	*tervehten *tervehiden
partitive		*tervehtä	*tervehitä
inessive		*tervehessä *tervehehnä	*tervehissä *tervehihnä
elative		*tervehestä	*tervehistä
illative		*tervehesen	*tervehisen
adessive		*tervehellä	*tervehillä
ablative		*terveheltä	*tervehiltä
allative		*tervehelen *tervehelek	*tervehilen *tervehilek
essive		*tervehenä	*tervehinä
translative		*terveheksi	*tervehiksi
instructive		*tervehen	*tervehin
comitative		*tervehenek	*tervehinek
abessive		*tervehettä	*tervehittä

Derived terms

• *tervehüc

Descendants

• Estonian: terve, tere
• Finnish: terve
• Ingrian: terve, tere
• Karelian: terveh
• Livonian: tīera
• Livvi: terveh
• Ludian: terveh
• Veps: terveh
• Võro: terveh, terveq
• Votic: terve
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Western Sami:
    • Northern Sami: dearvvaš
  • Eastern Sami:
    • Inari Sami: tiervâs
    • Skolt Sami: tiõrvâs
    • Kildin Sami: тӣрвас (tīrvas)
    • Ter Sami: [Term?] (tīru̯ʿs)

References

• “terve”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN