Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taka

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

From Proto-Uralic *taka.

Noun

*taka

1. back, a place behind

   Antonym: *eci

Inflection

Inflection of *taka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*taka	*tagat
accusative		*tagan	*tagat
genitive		*tagan	*takadën *takoidën
partitive		*takada	*takoida
inessive		*tagassa *tagahna	*tagoissa *tagoihna
elative		*tagasta	*tagoista
illative		*takahën	*takoihën
adessive		*tagalla	*tagoilla
ablative		*tagalta	*tagoilta
allative		*takalën *takalëk	*takoilën *takoilëk
essive		*takana	*takoina
translative		*tagaksi	*tagoiksi
instructive		*tagan	*tagoin
comitative		*takanëk	*takoinëk
abessive		*tagatta	*tagoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: taga, taga-, ⇒ taha, takka
• Finnish: taka, taka-, ⇒ taakse, takana, takaa, taa, taas, takaisin
• Ingrian: taka-, ⇒ takaks, takanna, takkaa, takant, taas, takas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ⇒ toa
  • South Karelian: ⇒ tagah
• ⇒ Livonian: tagā, tagān, tagānd
• ⇒ Livvi: taga, tagah
• ⇒ Ludian: taga
• Veps: taga, taga-
• Võro: taga-, ⇒ takka, takan, takast
• ⇒ Votic: tagga, takan, takka

Further reading

• “taga”, 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), “taka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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