Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tenho
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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
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]*tenho[1]
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tenho
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tenho | *tenhot | |
| accusative | *tenhon | *tenhot | |
| genitive | *tenhon | *tenhodën *tenhoidën | |
| partitive | *tenhoda | *tenhoida | |
| inessive | *tenhossa *tenhohna |
*tenhoissa *tenhoihna | |
| elative | *tenhosta | *tenhoista | |
| illative | *tenhohën | *tenhoihën | |
| adessive | *tenholla | *tenhoilla | |
| ablative | *tenholta | *tenhoilta | |
| allative | *tenholën *tenholëk |
*tenhoilën *tenhoilëk | |
| essive | *tenhona | *tenhoina | |
| translative | *tenhoksi | *tenhoiksi | |
| instructive | *tenhon | *tenhoin | |
| comitative | *tenhonëk | *tenhoinëk | |
| abessive | *tenhotta | *tenhoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: tänu (“thanks”), ⇒ tänama (“to thank”)
- Finnish: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- Karelian: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- ⇒ Livonian: tieʾnnõ (“to thank”)
- ⇒ Votic: (Pummala, Rudja) tenata (“to thank”)
- Võro: teno, tehn (“thanks”)
Further reading
[edit]- “tänama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012