Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuura

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 [Term?] (whence Latvian dūre and Lithuanian durà).

Noun

*tuura

1. ice chisel

Inflection

Inflection of *tuura

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tuura	*tuurat
accusative		*tuuran	*tuurat
genitive		*tuuran	*tuuradën *tuurëidën
partitive		*tuurada	*tuurëida
inessive		*tuurassa *tuurahna	*tuurëissa *tuurëihna
elative		*tuurasta	*tuurëista
illative		*tuurahën	*tuurëihën
adessive		*tuuralla	*tuurëilla
ablative		*tuuralta	*tuurëilta
allative		*tuuralën *tuuralëk	*tuurëilën *tuurëilëk
essive		*tuurana	*tuurëina
translative		*tuuraksi	*tuurëiksi
instructive		*tuuran	*tuurëin
comitative		*tuuranëk	*tuurëinëk
abessive		*tuuratta	*tuurëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tuur
• Finnish: tuura
• Ingrian: tuura
• Võro: tuur
• Votic: tuurõ, duurõ

Further reading

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