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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarna
 | 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
Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥nam, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós. Proto-Permic *turn (Komi-Zyrian турун (turun), Udmurt турын (turyn)) has the same origin.
Noun
*tarna
- sedge (plant of the genus Carex)
- Synonym: *sara
- any tall grass growing in marshland
Inflection
Inflection of *tarna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tarna | *tarnat | |
| accusative | *tarnan | *tarnat | |
| genitive | *tarnan | *tarnaden *tarnoiden | |
| partitive | *tarnada | *tarnoida | |
| inessive | *tarnassa *tarnahna | *tarnoissa *tarnoihna | |
| elative | *tarnasta | *tarnoista | |
| illative | *tarnahen | *tarnoihen | |
| adessive | *tarnalla | *tarnoilla | |
| ablative | *tarnalta | *tarnoilta | |
| allative | *tarnalen *tarnalek | *tarnoilen *tarnoilek | |
| essive | *tarnana | *tarnoina | |
| translative | *tarnaksi | *tarnoiksi | |
| instructive | *tarnan | *tarnoin | |
| comitative | *tarnanek | *tarnoinek | |
| abessive | *tarnatta | *tarnoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tarn
- Finnish: taarna, (rare) tarna
- Võro: tarn
References
- tarn in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN