Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tenho
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]*tenho[1]
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tenho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *tënho | *tënhot | |
accusative | *tënhon | *tënhot | |
genitive | *tënhon | *tënhodën *tënhoidën | |
partitive | *tënhoda | *tënhoida | |
inessive | *tënhossa *tënhohna |
*tënhoissa *tënhoihna | |
elative | *tënhosta | *tënhoista | |
illative | *tënhohën | *tënhoihën | |
adessive | *tënholla | *tënhoilla | |
ablative | *tënholta | *tënhoilta | |
allative | *tënholën *tënholëk |
*tënhoilën *tënhoilëk | |
essive | *tënhona | *tënhoina | |
translative | *tënhoksi | *tënhoiksi | |
instructive | *tënhon | *tënhoin | |
comitative | *tënhonëk | *tënhoinëk | |
abessive | *tënhotta | *tënhoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: tänu (“thanks”), ⇒ tänama (“to thank”)
- Finnish: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- Karelian: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
- ⇒ Livonian: tieʾnnõ (“to thank”)
- ⇒ Votic: (Pummala, Rudja) tenata (“to thank”)
- Võro: teno, tehn (“thanks”)
Further reading
[edit]- “tänama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012