Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarvas

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 earlier *tawras, with metathesis of -wr- to -rv-; from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

*tarvas[1]

  1. ? aurochs

Inflection

Inflection of *tarvas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tarvas *tarvahët
accusative *tarvahën *tarvahët
genitive *tarvahën *tarvastën
*tarvahidën
partitive *tarvasta *tarvahita
inessive *tarvahëssa
*tarvahëhna 		*tarvahissa
*tarvahihna
elative *tarvahësta *tarvahista
illative *tarvahësën *tarvahisën
adessive *tarvahëlla *tarvahilla
ablative *tarvahëlta *tarvahilta
allative *tarvahëlën
*tarvahëlëk 		*tarvahilën
*tarvahilëk
essive *tarvassa *tarvahina
translative *tarvahëksi *tarvahiksi
instructive *tarvahën *tarvahin
comitative *tarvassëk *tarvahinëk
abessive *tarvahëtta *tarvahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tarvas
  • Finnish: tarvas (archaic)
  • Võro: tarvas

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tarvas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “tarvas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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