Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tainijo

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 1 edit

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*tainijō), from Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ.[1]

Noun edit

*tainijo

  1. type of fish trap

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: (dialectal, obsolete) tainio, (Surname) Tainio, (Placename) Tainionkoski

Etymology 2 edit

Probably borrowed from Late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*dain(i)-), from Proto-Germanic *dawīniz (whence Swedish dån (fainting)), in which case doublet of *tooni.[2]

Noun edit

*tainijo

  1. state of unconsciousness, fainting

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tainio”, in 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