Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tahtas

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 earlier *taštas, borrowed from an Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *taištas), compare Proto-Slavic *těsto and Proto-Celtic *taistos.

Noun

*tahtas

1. dough

   Synonym: *taikina

Inflection

Inflection of *tahtas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tahtas	*tahtahët
accusative		*tahtahën	*tahtahët
genitive		*tahtahën	*tahtastën *tahtahidën
partitive		*tahtasta	*tahtahita
inessive		*tahtahëssa *tahtahëhna	*tahtahissa *tahtahihna
elative		*tahtahësta	*tahtahista
illative		*tahtahësën	*tahtahisën
adessive		*tahtahëlla	*tahtahilla
ablative		*tahtahëlta	*tahtahilta
allative		*tahtahëlën *tahtahëlëk	*tahtahilën *tahtahilëk
essive		*tahtassa	*tahtahina
translative		*tahtahëksi	*tahtahiksi
instructive		*tahtahën	*tahtahin
comitative		*tahtassëk	*tahtahinëk
abessive		*tahtahëtta	*tahtahitta

Descendants

• Finnish: tahdas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tahaš
  • South Karelian: tahaš
• Livvi: tahtas
• Ludian: tahtaz
• Veps: tahtaz
• Võro: tahas

Further reading

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