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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tetri
 | 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
Possibly from Baltic: compare Latvian teteris, Lithuanian tetirva. Udmurt тур (tur) and Komi-Zyrian тар (tar) may have the same origin.
Noun
*tetri
- black grouse
Inflection
Inflection of *tetri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tetri | *tetret | |
| accusative | *tetren | *tetret | |
| genitive | *tetren | *tetreden *tetriden | |
| partitive | *tetredä | *tetridä | |
| inessive | *tetressä *tetrehnä | *tetrissä *tetrihnä | |
| elative | *tetrestä | *tetristä | |
| illative | *tetrehen | *tetrihen | |
| adessive | *tetrellä | *tetrillä | |
| ablative | *tetreltä | *tetriltä | |
| allative | *tetrelen *tetrelek | *tetrilen *tetrilek | |
| essive | *tetrenä | *tetrinä | |
| translative | *tetreksi | *tetriksi | |
| instructive | *tetren | *tetrin | |
| comitative | *tetrenek | *tetrinek | |
| abessive | *tetrettä | *tetrittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: teder
- Finnish: teeri, (Far Northern) teiri, (Tavastian) terri, (Savonian) tetri, (Ladogan) teyri, (Northern Savonian) töyri
- Ingrian: tedri
- Karelian: (Northern) tetri, (Southern) tedri
- Livonian: te'ddõrz
- Ludian: tedr'
- Veps: tedri
- Võro: tetr, tedyr'
- Votic: tedri
References
- 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