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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tammi
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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-Finno-Permic *tamme, further origin unknown, possibly a substrate from the pre-Uralic languages of the Volga. Cognate with Erzya тумо (tumo), Moksha тума (tuma) and Eastern Mari тумо (tumo).
Inflection
Inflection of *tammi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tammi | *tammët | |
| accusative | *tammën | *tammët | |
| genitive | *tammën | *tammëdën *tammidën | |
| partitive | *tammëda | *tammida | |
| inessive | *tammëssa *tammëhna |
*tammissa *tammihna | |
| elative | *tammësta | *tammista | |
| illative | *tammëhën | *tammihën | |
| adessive | *tammëlla | *tammilla | |
| ablative | *tammëlta | *tammilta | |
| allative | *tammëlën *tammëlëk |
*tammilën *tammilëk | |
| essive | *tammëna | *tammina | |
| translative | *tammëksi | *tammiksi | |
| instructive | *tammën | *tammin | |
| comitative | *tammënëk | *tamminëk | |
| abessive | *tammëtta | *tammitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “tamm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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