Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taina
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*tainaʀ), or already from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (compare Norwegian Nynorsk tein (“offshoot, spindle”)).[1]
Noun edit
*taina
Inflection edit
Inflection of *taina
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *taina | *tainat | |
| accusative | *tainan | *tainat | |
| genitive | *tainan | *tainadën *tainoidën | |
| partitive | *tainada | *tainoida | |
| inessive | *tainassa *tainahna |
*tainoissa *tainoihna | |
| elative | *tainasta | *tainoista | |
| illative | *tainahën | *tainoihën | |
| adessive | *tainalla | *tainoilla | |
| ablative | *tainalta | *tainoilta | |
| allative | *tainalën *tainalëk |
*tainoilën *tainoilëk | |
| essive | *tainana | *tainoina | |
| translative | *tainaksi | *tainoiksi | |
| instructive | *tainan | *tainoin | |
| comitative | *tainanëk | *tainoinëk | |
| abessive | *tainatta | *tainoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: (obsolete?) -tainad (in compound: sootainad pl)
- Finnish: (dialectal) taina
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: taina
- Livvi: tainu
- Ludian: tain
- Veps: tain
References edit
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.