Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarbëh

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-Germanic *þarbō +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*tarbëh

1. need

   Synonym: *tarbis

Inflection

Inflection of *tarbëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tarbëh	*tarpëhët
accusative		*tarpëhën	*tarpëhët
genitive		*tarpëhën	*tarbëhtën *tarpëhidën
partitive		*tarbëhta	*tarpëhita
inessive		*tarpëhëssa *tarpëhëhna	*tarpëhissa *tarpëhihna
elative		*tarpëhësta	*tarpëhista
illative		*tarpëhësën	*tarpëhisën
adessive		*tarpëhëlla	*tarpëhilla
ablative		*tarpëhëlta	*tarpëhilta
allative		*tarpëhëlën *tarpëhëlëk	*tarpëhilën *tarpëhilëk
essive		*tarpëhëna	*tarpëhina
translative		*tarpëhëksi	*tarpëhiksi
instructive		*tarpëhën	*tarpëhin
comitative		*tarpëhënëk	*tarpëhinëk
abessive		*tarpëhëtta	*tarpëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tarve
• Finnish: tarve
• Ingrian: tarve

Further reading

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