Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëpras

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz or *steuraz.

Noun

*tëpras

1. cattle, bull

Inflection

Inflection of *tëpras

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tëpras	*tëprahët
accusative		*tëprahën	*tëprahët
genitive		*tëprahën	*tëprastën *tëprahidën
partitive		*tëprasta	*tëprahita
inessive		*tëprahëssa *tëprahëhna	*tëprahissa *tëprahihna
elative		*tëprahësta	*tëprahista
illative		*tëprahësën	*tëprahisën
adessive		*tëprahëlla	*tëprahilla
ablative		*tëprahëlta	*tëprahilta
allative		*tëprahëlën *tëprahëlëk	*tëprahilën *tëprahilëk
essive		*tëprassa	*tëprahina
translative		*tëprahëksi	*tëprahiksi
instructive		*tëprahën	*tëprahin
comitative		*tëprassëk	*tëprahinëk
abessive		*tëprahëtta	*tëprahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tõbras
• Finnish: teuras
• Võro: tõbras
• Votic: (Jõgõperä) tõbrõz

Further reading

• “tõbras”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012