Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tenho

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tänho

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

*tenho[1]

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (Northern Finnic) charm, appeal, magical power
    2. (Southern Finnic) thanks (expression of gratitude)

Inflection

Inflection of *tenho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tenho *tenhot
accusative *tenhon *tenhot
genitive *tenhon *tenhodën
*tenhoidën
partitive *tenhoda *tenhoida
inessive *tenhossa
*tenhohna 		*tenhoissa
*tenhoihna
elative *tenhosta *tenhoista
illative *tenhohën *tenhoihën
adessive *tenholla *tenhoilla
ablative *tenholta *tenhoilta
allative *tenholën
*tenholëk 		*tenhoilën
*tenhoilëk
essive *tenhona *tenhoina
translative *tenhoksi *tenhoiksi
instructive *tenhon *tenhoin
comitative *tenhonëk *tenhoinëk
abessive *tenhotta *tenhoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tänu (“thanks”), ⇒ tänama (“to thank”)
  • Finnish: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
  • Karelian: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
  • ⇒ Livonian: tieʾnnõ (“to thank”)
  • ⇒ Votic: (Pummala, Rudja) tenata (“to thank”)
  • Võro: teno, tehn (“thanks”)

Further reading

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tenho”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “tänama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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