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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tainijo

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*tainijō), from Proto-Germanic *tainijǭ.[1]

Noun

*tainijo

  1. type of fish trap

Inflection
Inflection of *tainijo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tainijo *tainijot
accusative *tainijon *tainijot
genitive *tainijon *tainijodën
*tainijoidën
partitive *tainijota *tainijoita
inessive *tainijossa
*tainijohna		 *tainijoissa
*tainijoihna
elative *tainijosta *tainijoista
illative *tainijosën *tainijoisën
adessive *tainijolla *tainijoilla
ablative *tainijolta *tainijoilta
allative *tainijolën
*tainijolëk		 *tainijoilën
*tainijoilëk
essive *tainijona *tainijoina
translative *tainijoksi *tainijoiksi
instructive *tainijon *tainijoin
comitative *tainijonëk *tainijoinëk
abessive *tainijotta *tainijoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal, obsolete) tainio, (Surname) Tainio, ⇒ (Placename) Tainionkoski

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*dain(i)-), from Proto-Germanic *dawīniz (whence Swedish dån (“fainting”)), in which case doublet of *tooni.[2]

Noun

*tainijo

  1. state of unconsciousness, fainting

Inflection
Inflection of *tainijo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tainijo *tainijot
accusative *tainijon *tainijot
genitive *tainijon *tainijodën
*tainijoidën
partitive *tainijota *tainijoita
inessive *tainijossa
*tainijohna		 *tainijoissa
*tainijoihna
elative *tainijosta *tainijoista
illative *tainijosën *tainijoisën
adessive *tainijolla *tainijoilla
ablative *tainijolta *tainijoilta
allative *tainijolën
*tainijolëk		 *tainijoilën
*tainijoilëk
essive *tainijona *tainijoina
translative *tainijoksi *tainijoiksi
instructive *tainijon *tainijoin
comitative *tainijonëk *tainijoinëk
abessive *tainijotta *tainijoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) tainio, ⇒? taintua
    • → Karelian:
      • North Karelian: tainijo

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tainio”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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