Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taa

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 from Proto-Uralic *ta, probably a variant of Proto-Uralic *to, or alternatively borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tas (compare Latvian tas, Lithuanian tàs).

Pronoun

*taa

1. that (medial/distal?)

Determiner

*taa

1. that (medial/distal?)

Usage notes

In Northern Finnic (Finnish, Karelian, Livvi, Ludic) descendants, also used proximally.

Inflection

Plural: *naa

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• >? Estonian: (partially?) ta
• Finnish: taa (dialectal), ⇒ taannoin
• ⇒ Ingrian: taano
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: toa
  • South Karelian: tua, toa
• Livonian: ta
• Livvi: tua
• Ludian: tua, ⇒ tuai
• ⇒ Veps: tanoin
• Võro: taa
• ⇒ Votic: taanõ

Further reading

• “ta”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1016 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.