Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarbis

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þarbō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. why *-is?

Adverb

*tarbis

1. necessary, needed

   Synonym: *vajaga

Noun

*tarbis

1. need

   Synonym: *tarbëh

Inflection

Inflection of *tarbis

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tarbis	*tarpihët
accusative		*tarpihën	*tarpihët
genitive		*tarpihën	*tarbistën *tarpihidën
partitive		*tarbista	*tarpihita
inessive		*tarpihëssa *tarpihëhna	*tarpihissa *tarpihihna
elative		*tarpihësta	*tarpihista
illative		*tarpihësën	*tarpihisën
adessive		*tarpihëlla	*tarpihilla
ablative		*tarpihëlta	*tarpihilta
allative		*tarpihëlën *tarpihëlëk	*tarpihilën *tarpihilëk
essive		*tarbissa	*tarpihina
translative		*tarpihëksi	*tarpihiksi
instructive		*tarpihën	*tarpihin
comitative		*tarbissëk	*tarpihinëk
abessive		*tarpihëtta	*tarpihitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tarvis
• Finnish: tarvis
• Ingrian: tarvis
• Karelian: tarvis
• Livonian: tärb
• Livvi: tarvis
• Ludian: tarbiž
• Veps: tarbiž
• Võro: tarbis
• Votic: tarviz

Further reading

• “tarvis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012