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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tünkä
 | 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
Derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe (whence also *tüvi).
Noun
*tünkä
- stump, stub
Inflection
Inflection of *tünkä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tünkä | *tüngät | |
| accusative | *tüngän | *tüngät | |
| genitive | *tüngän | *tünkäden *tünkeiden | |
| partitive | *tünkädä | *tünkeidä | |
| inessive | *tüngässä *tüngähnä | *tüngeissä *tüngeihnä | |
| elative | *tüngästä | *tüngeistä | |
| illative | *tünkähen | *tünkeihen | |
| adessive | *tüngällä | *tüngeillä | |
| ablative | *tüngältä | *tüngeiltä | |
| allative | *tünkälen *tünkälek | *tünkeilen *tünkeilek | |
| essive | *tünkänä | *tünkeinä | |
| translative | *tüngäksi | *tüngeiksi | |
| instructive | *tüngän | *tüngein | |
| comitative | *tünkänek | *tünkeinek | |
| abessive | *tüngättä | *tüngeittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tünk
- Finnish: tynkä
- Ingrian: tynkä, tynki
- Karelian: (Northern) tynkä, (Southern) tyngä
- Livonian: tink
- Livvi: tyngy
- Votic: tünke
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tynkä”, 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