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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terho
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly derived from *terä.
Noun
*terho
- acorn
Inflection
Inflection of *terho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *terho | *terhot | |
accusative | *terhon | *terhot | |
genitive | *terhon | *terhoden *terhoiden | |
partitive | *terhoda | *terhoida | |
inessive | *terhossa *terhohna | *terhoissa *terhoihna | |
elative | *terhosta | *terhoista | |
illative | *terhohen | *terhoihen | |
adessive | *terholla | *terhoilla | |
ablative | *terholta | *terhoilta | |
allative | *terholen *terholek | *terhoilen *terhoilek | |
essive | *terhona | *terhoina | |
translative | *terhoksi | *terhoiksi | |
instructive | *terhon | *terhoin | |
comitative | *terhonek | *terhoinek | |
abessive | *terhotta | *terhoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: tõru
- Finnish: terho
- Livonian: tõ’rmõz
- Votic: doro, toro, turu
Further reading
- tõru in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “terho”, in 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