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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tek
 | 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 Proto-Uralic *te.
Alternative forms
- *töö
Pronoun
*tek
- you (plural)
Inflection
Inflection of *tek
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | *te *töö | |
| accusative | — | *tedet *teidet | |
| genitive | — | *teden *teiden | |
| partitive | — | *teitä | |
| inessive | — | *teissä *teihnä | |
| elative | — | *teistä | |
| illative | — | *teisen | |
| adessive | — | *teillä | |
| ablative | — | *teiltä | |
| allative | — | *teilen *teilek | |
| essive | — | *teinä | |
| translative | — | *teiksi | |
| instructive | — | *tein | |
| comitative | — | *teinek | |
| abessive | — | *teittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: teie, te
- Finnish: te
- Livonian: tēg, teg
- Võro: ti, tiiq
References
- te 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