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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terni

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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

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Possibly borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *térunos (later *tárunas).[1]

Noun

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*terni[2]

  1. beestings, colostrum

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: ternes
  • Finnish: terni
  • Livonian: ter- (in compound: tersēmḑa)
  • Votic: (Mati) terne

References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “terni”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*terni”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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