Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tapa

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 from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (whence Latvian daba, Lithuanian daba). Comparisons with Germanic have also been proposed.

Noun

*tapa

1. way, custom
2. nature

Inflection

Inflection of *tapa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tapa	*tabat
accusative		*taban	*tabat
genitive		*taban	*tapadën *tapoidën
partitive		*tapada	*tapoida
inessive		*tabassa *tabahna	*taboissa *taboihna
elative		*tabasta	*taboista
illative		*tapahën	*tapoihën
adessive		*taballa	*taboilla
ablative		*tabalta	*taboilta
allative		*tapalën *tapalëk	*tapoilën *tapoilëk
essive		*tapana	*tapoina
translative		*tabaksi	*taboiksi
instructive		*taban	*taboin
comitative		*tapanëk	*tapoinëk
abessive		*tabatta	*taboitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tava
• Finnish: tapa
  • → Southern Sami: daepie
  • → Lule Sami: dáhpe
  • → Northern Sami: dáhpi
  • → Inari Sami: tääpi
• Ingrian: tapa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tapa
  • South Karelian: taba
• Livonian: dabā
• Livvi: taba
• Ludian: taba
• Veps: taba
• Votic: tapa

Further reading

• “tava”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN