Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëpras

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 either from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, *steuraz and/or *tībraz (*tībrą).[1]

Noun

*tëpras[2]

  1. cattle, bull

Inflection

Inflection of *tëpras
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tëpras *tëprahët
accusative *tëprahën *tëprahët
genitive *tëprahën *tëprastën
*tëprahidën
partitive *tëprasta *tëprahita
inessive *tëprahëssa
*tëprahëhna 		*tëprahissa
*tëprahihna
elative *tëprahësta *tëprahista
illative *tëprahësën *tëprahisën
adessive *tëprahëlla *tëprahilla
ablative *tëprahëlta *tëprahilta
allative *tëprahëlën
*tëprahëlëk 		*tëprahilën
*tëprahilëk
essive *tëprassa *tëprahina
translative *tëprahëksi *tëprahiksi
instructive *tëprahën *tëprahin
comitative *tëprassëk *tëprahinëk
abessive *tëprahëtta *tëprahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tõbras
  • Finnish: teuras
  • Võro: tõbras
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) tõbrõz

References

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tëpras”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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