Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tanko
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed either from Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚨᚾᚷᚢ (*stangu), or Proto-Germanic *stangō.
Noun
*tanko (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *tanko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tanko | *tangot | |
| accusative | *tangon | *tangot | |
| genitive | *tangon | *tankodën *tankoidën | |
| partitive | *tankoda | *tankoida | |
| inessive | *tangossa *tangohna |
*tangoissa *tangoihna | |
| elative | *tangosta | *tangoista | |
| illative | *tankohën | *tankoihën | |
| adessive | *tangolla | *tangoilla | |
| ablative | *tangolta | *tangoilta | |
| allative | *tankolën *tankolëk |
*tankoilën *tankoilëk | |
| essive | *tankona | *tankoina | |
| translative | *tangoksi | *tangoiksi | |
| instructive | *tangon | *tangoin | |
| comitative | *tankonëk | *tankoinëk | |
| abessive | *tangotta | *tangoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: tanko
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tanko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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