Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/torvi

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 earlier *towri, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian taure (“bugle, shepherd's horn”), Lithuanian taurė (“goblet”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

*torvi

1. shepherd's horn
2. tube, pipe

   Synonym: *toro

Inflection

Inflection of *torvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*torvi	*torvët
accusative		*torvën	*torvët
genitive		*torvën	*torvëdën *torvidën
partitive		*torvëda	*torvida
inessive		*torvëssa *torvëhna	*torvissa *torvihna
elative		*torvësta	*torvista
illative		*torvëhën	*torvihën
adessive		*torvëlla	*torvilla
ablative		*torvëlta	*torvilta
allative		*torvëlën *torvëlëk	*torvilën *torvilëk
essive		*torvëna	*torvina
translative		*torvëksi	*torviksi
instructive		*torvën	*torvin
comitative		*torvënëk	*torvinëk
abessive		*torvëtta	*torvitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tõri
• Finnish: torvi
• Ingrian: torvi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: torvi
  • South Karelian: torvi
• Livvi: torvi
• Veps: torv

Further reading

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