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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terveh
 | 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
*terva + *-eh. The traditional derivation from *terva (“tar, tarry wood”) is unlikely due to semantically weak explanation. More likely is a very old loan from Indo-Iranian, in which case it has the same origin as Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬁 (dərəuuā, “healthy”).[1]
Adjective
*terveh
- healthy, well
- solid, whole
Inflection
Inflection of *terveh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *terveh | *tervehet | |
| accusative | *tervehen | *tervehet | |
| genitive | *tervehen | *tervehten *tervehiden | |
| partitive | *tervehtä | *tervehitä | |
| inessive | *tervehessä *tervehehnä | *tervehissä *tervehihnä | |
| elative | *tervehestä | *tervehistä | |
| illative | *tervehesen | *tervehisen | |
| adessive | *tervehellä | *tervehillä | |
| ablative | *terveheltä | *tervehiltä | |
| allative | *tervehelen *tervehelek | *tervehilen *tervehilek | |
| essive | *tervehenä | *tervehinä | |
| translative | *terveheksi | *tervehiksi | |
| instructive | *tervehen | *tervehin | |
| comitative | *tervehenek | *tervehinek | |
| abessive | *tervehettä | *tervehittä | |
Derived terms
- *tervehüc
Descendants
- Estonian: terve, tere
- Finnish: terve
- Ingrian: terve, tere
- Karelian: terveh
- Livonian: tīera
- Livvi: terveh
- Ludian: terveh
- Veps: terveh
- Võro: terveh, terveq
- Votic: terve
- → Proto-Samic:
- Western Sami:
- Northern Sami: dearvvaš
- Eastern Sami:
- Inari Sami: tiervâs
- Skolt Sami: tiõrvâs
- Kildin Sami: тӣрвас (tīrvas)
- Ter Sami: [Term?] (tīru̯ʿs)
- Western Sami:
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- terve in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →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