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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tühjä

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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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From earlier *tüšjä, borrowed from Baltic,[1][2] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuskjas (whence Latvian tukšs, Lithuanian tuščias).

Adjective

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*tühjä[3]

  1. empty

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: tühi
  • Finnish: tyhjä
  • Ingrian: tyhjä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: tijā, (Salaca) tüä
  • Livvi: tyhjy
  • Ludian: tühdʹ
  • Veps: tühj
  • Võro: tühi
  • Votic: tühje
  • Proto-Samic: *tuššē (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri (2015), Tiedon kumuloituminen ja trendit lainasanatutkimuksessa: kantasuomen balttilaislainojen tutkimushistoria[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, page 90
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), “tyhjä”, in Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*tühjä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • tühi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “tyhjä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN