Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taina
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*tainaʀ), or already from Proto-Germanic *tainaz (compare Norwegian Nynorsk tein (“offshoot, spindle”)).[1]
Noun[edit]
*taina
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *taina
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *taina | *tainat | |
accusative | *tainan | *tainat | |
genitive | *tainan | *tainadën *tainoidën | |
partitive | *tainada | *tainoida | |
inessive | *tainassa *tainahna |
*tainoissa *tainoihna | |
elative | *tainasta | *tainoista | |
illative | *tainahën | *tainoihën | |
adessive | *tainalla | *tainoilla | |
ablative | *tainalta | *tainoilta | |
allative | *tainalën *tainalëk |
*tainoilën *tainoilëk | |
essive | *tainana | *tainoina | |
translative | *tainaksi | *tainoiksi | |
instructive | *tainan | *tainoin | |
comitative | *tainanëk | *tainoinëk | |
abessive | *tainatta | *tainoitta |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: (obsolete?) -tainad (in compound: sootainad pl)
- Finnish: (dialectal) taina
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: taina
- Livvi: tainu
- Ludian: tain
- Veps: tain
References[edit]
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.