Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarvas

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 *tawras, with metathesis of -wr- to -rv-; from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

*tarvas

1. ? aurochs

Inflection

Inflection of *tarvas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tarvas	*tarvahët
accusative		*tarvahën	*tarvahët
genitive		*tarvahën	*tarvastën *tarvahidën
partitive		*tarvasta	*tarvahita
inessive		*tarvahëssa *tarvahëhna	*tarvahissa *tarvahihna
elative		*tarvahësta	*tarvahista
illative		*tarvahësën	*tarvahisën
adessive		*tarvahëlla	*tarvahilla
ablative		*tarvahëlta	*tarvahilta
allative		*tarvahëlën *tarvahëlëk	*tarvahilën *tarvahilëk
essive		*tarvassa	*tarvahina
translative		*tarvahëksi	*tarvahiksi
instructive		*tarvahën	*tarvahin
comitative		*tarvassëk	*tarvahinëk
abessive		*tarvahëtta	*tarvahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tarvas
• Finnish: tarvas (archaic)
• Võro: tarvas

Further reading

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