Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tërva

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

A loanword from either Baltic (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa) or Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *terwą). Either way from Proto-Indo-European *dérw-o-m, from *dóru (“wood”).

Noun

*tërva

1. tar

Inflection

Inflection of *tërva

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tërva	*tërvat
accusative		*tërvan	*tërvat
genitive		*tërvan	*tërvadën *tërvoidën
partitive		*tërvada	*tërvoida
inessive		*tërvassa *tërvahna	*tërvoissa *tërvoihna
elative		*tërvasta	*tërvoista
illative		*tërvahën	*tërvoihën
adessive		*tërvalla	*tërvoilla
ablative		*tërvalta	*tërvoilta
allative		*tërvalën *tërvalëk	*tërvoilën *tërvoilëk
essive		*tërvana	*tërvoina
translative		*tërvaksi	*tërvoiksi
instructive		*tërvan	*tërvoin
comitative		*tërvanëk	*tërvoinëk
abessive		*tërvatta	*tërvoitta

Derived terms

• *tërvas
• *tërvat'ak
• ? *terveh

Descendants

• Estonian: tõrv
• Finnish: terva
• Ingrian: terva
• Karelian: terva
• Livonian: tȭra
• Livvi: tervu
• Ludian: terv
• Veps: terv
• Võro: tõrv
• Votic: tõrvõ
• → Proto-Samic: *tërvē

References

• “tõrv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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