Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tërho

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

Possibly derived from *terä.

Noun

*tërho[1]

  1. acorn

Inflection

Inflection of *tërho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tërho *tërhot
accusative *tërhon *tërhot
genitive *tërhon *tërhodën
*tërhoidën
partitive *tërhoda *tërhoida
inessive *tërhossa
*tërhohna 		*tërhoissa
*tërhoihna
elative *tërhosta *tërhoista
illative *tërhohën *tërhoihën
adessive *tërholla *tërhoilla
ablative *tërholta *tërhoilta
allative *tërholën
*tërholëk 		*tërhoilën
*tërhoilëk
essive *tërhona *tërhoina
translative *tërhoksi *tërhoiksi
instructive *tërhon *tërhoin
comitative *tërhonëk *tërhoinëk
abessive *tërhotta *tërhoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tõru
  • Finnish: terho
  • Livonian: tõ’rmõz
  • Votic: doro, toro, turu

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tërho”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “tõru”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “terho”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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