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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taa

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 *ta, probably a variant of Proto-Uralic *to.

Pronoun

*taa

  1. this, that

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) ta, taa
  • Finnish: (dialectal) taa
  • ⇒ Ingrian: taano
  • Karelian: toa
  • Livonian: ta
  • Livvi: tua
  • Ludian: tua, tuad
  • ⇒ Veps: tanoin
  • Võro: taa
  • ⇒ Votic: taanõ

Further reading
  • “ta”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1016 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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