Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tammi
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Permic *tamme, further origin unknown, possibly a substrate from the pre-Uralic languages of the Volga. Cognate with Erzya тумо (tumo), Moksha тума (tuma) and Eastern Mari тумо (tumo).
Noun
[edit]*tammi[1]
- oak (tree)
Inflection
[edit]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 | ||
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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
[edit]- Estonian: tamm
- Finnish: tammi
- Ingrian: tammi
- Karelian:
- Livonian: täm
- Livvi: tammi
- Ludian: tamm
- Võro: tamm'
- Votic: tammi
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tamm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012