Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuhat

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 *tušanti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū́ˀsantis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-. Compare Erzya тёжань (ťožań), borrowed from the same Baltic source.

Proto-Finnic cardinal numbers

	1000
Cardinal : *tuhat     Ordinal : *tuhandënci

Numeral

*tuhat

1. thousand

Inflection

Inflection of *tuhat

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tuhat	*tuhandët
accusative		*tuhandën	*tuhandët
genitive		*tuhandën	*tuhat'ën *tuhancidën
partitive		*tuhatta	*tuhancita
inessive		*tuhandëssa *tuhandëhna	*tuhancissa *tuhancihna
elative		*tuhandësta	*tuhancista
illative		*tuhantësën	*tuhancisën
adessive		*tuhandëlla	*tuhancilla
ablative		*tuhandëlta	*tuhancilta
allative		*tuhantëlën *tuhantëlëk	*tuhancilën *tuhancilëk
essive		*tuhantëna	*tuhancina
translative		*tuhandëksi	*tuhanciksi
instructive		*tuhandën	*tuhancin
comitative		*tuhantënëk	*tuhancinëk
abessive		*tuhandëtta	*tuhancitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tuhat
• Finnish: tuhat
  • → Northern Sami: duhát
• Ingrian: tuhatta, tuhat
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tuhat
  • South Karelian: tuhat
• Livonian: tūontõ
• Livvi: tuhat
• Ludian: tuha
• Veps: tuha
• Võro: tuhat
• Votic: tuhad (Lempola, Mati, Pummala), ⇒ tuhattõ