Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tursas
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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]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz, *þursaz.
Noun
[edit]*tursas
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tursas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tursas | *tursahët | |
| accusative | *tursahën | *tursahët | |
| genitive | *tursahën | *tursastën *tursahidën | |
| partitive | *tursasta | *tursahita | |
| inessive | *tursahëssa *tursahëhna |
*tursahissa *tursahihna | |
| elative | *tursahësta | *tursahista | |
| illative | *tursahësën | *tursahisën | |
| adessive | *tursahëlla | *tursahilla | |
| ablative | *tursahëlta | *tursahilta | |
| allative | *tursahëlën *tursahëlëk |
*tursahilën *tursahilëk | |
| essive | *tursassa | *tursahina | |
| translative | *tursahëksi | *tursahiksi | |
| instructive | *tursahën | *tursahin | |
| comitative | *tursassëk | *tursahinëk | |
| abessive | *tursahëtta | *tursahitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: tursas (in compound: Meretursas)
- Finnish: Tursas, ⇒ Iku-Turso
- Karelian: (poetic) tursas, turso
- Veps: turžaz
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tursas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN