Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tek

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 forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *te.

Pronoun

*tek

  1. you (plural)

Reconstruction notes

*tek has been traditionally considered the primary nominative form, but YSuS, since 2024, appears to consider *töö primary instead.

Inflection

Inflection of *tek
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative — *te
*töö
accusative — *tedet
*teidet
genitive — *teden
*teiden
partitive — *teitä
inessive — *teissä
*teihnä
elative — *teistä
illative — *teisen
adessive — *teillä
ablative — *teiltä
allative — *teilen
*teilek
essive — *teinä
translative — *teiksi
instructive — *tein
comitative — *teinek
abessive — *teittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: teie, te
  • Finnish: te
  • Livonian: tēg, teg
  • Võro: ti, tiiq

References

  • “te”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*töö/*tei-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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