Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-tta
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Uralic *-kta (abessive suffix).
Suffix
edit*-tta / *-ttä
- Marks the abessive case.
Descendants
edit- Finnish: -tta
Etymology 2
editProbably from Proto-Finno-Permic *-kta.
Suffix
edit*-tta / *-ttä
- Forms some adverbs, primarily of manner.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -tta
Etymology 3
editUnknown. One possibility, however remote, is that these derive as zero-derived deverbals from *-ttadak verbs.
Suffix
edit*-tta / *-ttä
- Rarely forms nouns, mainly for places.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Finnish: -tta
Further reading
edit- Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
Categories:
- Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Finnic lemmas
- Proto-Finnic suffixes
- Proto-Finnic inflectional suffixes
- Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Proto-Finnic adverb-forming suffixes
- Proto-Finnic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-Finnic noun-forming suffixes