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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terni
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *térunos (later *tárunas). [1]
Noun
*terni
- beestings, colostrum
Inflection
Inflection of *terni
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *terni | *ternit | |
| accusative | *ternin | *ternit | |
| genitive | *ternin | *terniden *ternejiden | |
| partitive | *ternidä | *ternejitä | |
| inessive | *ternissä | *ternejissä | |
| elative | *ternistä | *ternejistä | |
| illative | *ternihen | *ternejisen | |
| adessive | *ternillä | *ternejillä | |
| ablative | *terniltä | *ternejiltä | |
| allative | *ternilen | *ternejilen | |
| essive | *terninä | *ternejinä | |
| translative | *terniksi | *ternejiksi | |
| instructive | *ternin | *ternejin | |
| comitative | *terninek | *ternejinek | |
| abessive | *terniktä | *ternejiktä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ternes
- Finnish: terni
- Livonian: ter- (in compound: tersēmḑa)
- Votic: terne
Further reading
- ternes in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
References
- Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “terni”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish)