Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tankëda

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *taŋketa (whence also Moksha тангода (tangoda)).

Adjective

*tankëda

1. stiff
2. strong, sturdy

Inflection

Inflection of *tankëda

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tankëda	*tankëdat
accusative		*tankëdan	*tankëdat
genitive		*tankëdan	*tankëdadën *tankëdëidën
partitive		*tankëdata	*tankëdëita
inessive		*tankëdassa *tankëdahna	*tankëdëissa *tankëdëihna
elative		*tankëdasta	*tankëdëista
illative		*tankëdasën	*tankëdëisën
adessive		*tankëdalla	*tankëdëilla
ablative		*tankëdalta	*tankëdëilta
allative		*tankëdalën *tankëdalëk	*tankëdëilën *tankëdëilëk
essive		*tankëdana	*tankëdëina
translative		*tankëdaksi	*tankëdëiksi
instructive		*tankëdan	*tankëdëin
comitative		*tankëdanëk	*tankëdëinëk
abessive		*tankëdatta	*tankëdëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: tankea
• Karelian: ⇒
  • South Karelian: tanakka
• Livonian: da’nktõ
• Livvi: ⇒ tanakko

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tankea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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
• Entry #1631 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.