Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tenho
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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[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
*tenho[1]
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *tenho
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tënho | *tënhot | |
| accusative | *tënhon | *tënhot | |
| genitive | *tënhon | *tënhodën *tënhoidën | |
| partitive | *tënhoda | *tënhoida | |
| inessive | *tënhossa *tënhohna |
*tënhoissa *tënhoihna | |
| elative | *tënhosta | *tënhoista | |
| illative | *tënhohën | *tënhoihën | |
| adessive | *tënholla | *tënhoilla | |
| ablative | *tënholta | *tënhoilta | |
| allative | *tënholën *tënholëk |
*tënhoilën *tënhoilëk | |
| essive | *tënhona | *tënhoina | |
| translative | *tënhoksi | *tënhoiksi | |
| instructive | *tënhon | *tënhoin | |
| comitative | *tënhonëk | *tënhoinëk | |
| abessive | *tënhotta | *tënhoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: tänu (“thanks”), ⇒ tänama (“to thank”)
- Finnish: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- Karelian: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- ⇒ Livonian: tieʾnnõ (“to thank”)
- ⇒ Votic: (Pummala, Rudja) tenata (“to thank”)
- Võro: teno, tehn (“thanks”)
Further reading[edit]
- “tänama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012