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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tursas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz, *þursaz.

Noun

*tursas

  1. sea monster
  2. (evil) water spirit

Inflection
Inflection of *tursas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tursas *tursahët
accusative *tursahën *tursahët
genitive *tursahën *tursastën
*tursahidën
partitive *tursasta *tursahita
inessive *tursahëssa
*tursahëhna		 *tursahissa
*tursahihna
elative *tursahësta *tursahista
illative *tursahësën *tursahisën
adessive *tursahëlla *tursahilla
ablative *tursahëlta *tursahilta
allative *tursahëlën
*tursahëlëk		 *tursahilën
*tursahilëk
essive *tursassa *tursahina
translative *tursahëksi *tursahiksi
instructive *tursahën *tursahin
comitative *tursassëk *tursahinëk
abessive *tursahëtta *tursahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tursas (in compound: Meretursas)
  • Finnish: Tursas, ⇒ Iku-Turso
  • Karelian: (poetic) tursas, turso
  • Veps: turžaz

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tursas”, 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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