Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tainijo

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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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*tainijō), from Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ.[1]

Noun

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*tainijo

  1. type of fish trap

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: (dialectal, obsolete) tainio, (Surname) Tainio, (Placename) Tainionkoski

Etymology 2

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Probably borrowed from Late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*dain(i)-), from Proto-Germanic *dawīniz (whence Swedish dån (fainting)), in which case doublet of *tooni.[2]

Noun

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*tainijo

  1. state of unconsciousness, fainting

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading

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  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tainio”, 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