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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terva
 | 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
A loanword from either Baltic (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa) or Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *terwą). Either way from Proto-Indo-European *dérw-o-m, from *dóru (“wood”).
Noun
*terva
- tar
Inflection
Inflection of *terva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *terva | *tervat | |
| accusative | *tervan | *tervat | |
| genitive | *tervan | *tervaden *tervoiden | |
| partitive | *tervada | *tervoida | |
| inessive | *tervassa *tervahna | *tervoissa *tervoihna | |
| elative | *tervasta | *tervoista | |
| illative | *tervahen | *tervoihen | |
| adessive | *tervalla | *tervoilla | |
| ablative | *tervalta | *tervoilta | |
| allative | *tervalen *tervalek | *tervoilen *tervoilek | |
| essive | *tervana | *tervoina | |
| translative | *tervaksi | *tervoiksi | |
| instructive | *tervan | *tervoin | |
| comitative | *tervanek | *tervoinek | |
| abessive | *tervatta | *tervoitta | |
Derived terms
- *tervas
- *tervat'ak
- ? *terveh
Descendants
- Estonian: tõrv
- Finnish: terva
- Ingrian: terva
- Karelian: terva
- Livonian: tȭra
- Livvi: tervu
- Ludian: terv
- Veps: terv
- Võro: tõrv
- Votic: tõrvõ
- → Proto-Samic: *tërvē
References
- tõrv 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