Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/täti

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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]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *tätä, ultimately probably from baby talk.

Noun[edit]

*täti

  1. aunt (mother's or father's sister)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: tädi
  • Finnish: täti
  • Ingrian: täti
  • Karelian: (Northern) täti, (Southern) tädi
  • Livvi: tädi
  • Ludian: tädi
  • Veps: tädi
  • Võro: tädi
  • Votic: täti

Further reading[edit]

  • tädi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1636 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.