Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tünkä

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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

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Etymology

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Derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe (whence also *tüvi).

Noun

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*tünkä

  1. stump, stub

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: tünk
  • Finnish: tynkä
  • Ingrian: tynkä, tynki
  • Karelian: (Northern) tynkä, (Southern) tyngä
  • Livonian: tink
  • Livvi: tyngy
  • Votic: tünke

Further reading

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  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tynkä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN