Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taltë-

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

Unknown.

Noun

*taltë-

1. storage place

Reconstruction notes

Reconstruction as a noun is theoretical; only adverbs from inflected forms are found in descendants, especially the adessive singular (*taldëlla, meaning "in storage, safe"). While some Finnish dictionaries purport to have the basic noun, they are likely later back-formations.

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: tallel
• ⇒ Finnish: tallella, tallessa, tallettaa, (dialectal, archaic) talteva
  • → Karelian: (South Karelian) tallella
• ⇒ Ingrian: tallel

Further reading

• “tallel”, 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), “tallella”, in 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