Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëmppu

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *temppu

Etymology

Possibly derived from *tëmbait'ak with +‎ *-u.

Noun

*tëmppu

  1. trick
  2. prank

Inflection

Inflection of *tëmppu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tëmppu *tëmp'ut
accusative *tëmp'un *tëmp'ut
genitive *tëmp'un *tëmppudën
*tëmppuidën
partitive *tëmppuda *tëmppuida
inessive *tëmp'ussa
*tëmp'uhna 		*tëmp'uissa
*tëmp'uihna
elative *tëmp'usta *tëmp'uista
illative *tëmppuhën *tëmppuihën
adessive *tëmp'ulla *tëmp'uilla
ablative *tëmp'ulta *tëmp'uilta
allative *tëmppulën
*tëmppulëk 		*tëmppuilën
*tëmppuilëk
essive *tëmppuna *tëmppuina
translative *tëmp'uksi *tëmp'uiksi
instructive *tëmp'un *tëmp'uin
comitative *tëmppunëk *tëmppuinëk
abessive *tëmp'utta *tëmp'uitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: temp
  • Finnish: temppu
  • Ingrian: temppu
  • Karelian: temppu
  • Livonian: temp
  • Livvi: temppu
  • Võro: temp
  • Votic: temppu

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*temppu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “temp”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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