Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tammi

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *tamme, possibly from a substrate from the pre-Uralic languages of the Volga. Cognate with Erzya тумо (tumo), Moksha тума (tuma) and Eastern Mari тумо (tumo).

Noun

*tammi[1]

  1. oak (tree)

Inflection

Inflection of *tammi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tammi *tammët
accusative *tammën *tammët
genitive *tammën *tammëdën
*tammidën
partitive *tammëda *tammida
inessive *tammëssa
*tammëhna 		*tammissa
*tammihna
elative *tammësta *tammista
illative *tammëhën *tammihën
adessive *tammëlla *tammilla
ablative *tammëlta *tammilta
allative *tammëlën
*tammëlëk 		*tammilën
*tammilëk
essive *tammëna *tammina
translative *tammëksi *tammiksi
instructive *tammën *tammin
comitative *tammënëk *tamminëk
abessive *tammëtta *tammitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tamm
  • Finnish: tammi
  • Ingrian: tammi
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: täm
  • Livvi: tammi
  • Ludian: tamm
  • Võro: tamm'
  • Votic: tammi

References

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

Further reading

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