Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/-ta
Proto-Uralic
editEtymology 1
edit
Suffix
edit*-ta / *-tä
Descendants
edit- Samoyedic:
- Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (-d)
- Nenets:
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: [script needed] (-č)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *-də (ablative), *-stə (elative), *-ldə
- Proto-Samic: *-tē (partitive)
- Proto-Finnic: *-ta/*-da (partitive), *-sta (elative), *-lta (ablative)
Etymology 2
editMay have originally indicated possession.[1]
Reconstruction
editThe reconstruction without a preceding vowel *-e- is based on the assertion by SKRK that the original form did not have it, the comparison with Khanty and the possible Finnic descendants which show no sign of the preceding vowel.
Suffix
edit*-ta
- A generic adjective marker attached to roots, maybe primarily or exclusively.
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Ugric:
- Finnic:
From *-eta:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
- ^ Rauhala, Ilona. Uralilaiset adjektiivit: Sanaluokan historian hahmottelua. University of Helsinki. 2015.
- Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 19