Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
According to Metsäranta (2024), borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (“exhaustion”).[1]
Adjective
*turta[2]
- numb (physically unable to feel)
Inflection
Inflection of *turta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *turta | *turdat | |
| accusative | *turdan | *turdat | |
| genitive | *turdan | *turtadën *turtëidën | |
| partitive | *turtada | *turtëida | |
| inessive | *turdassa *turdahna |
*turdëissa *turdëihna | |
| elative | *turdasta | *turdëista | |
| illative | *turtahën | *turtëihën | |
| adessive | *turdalla | *turdëilla | |
| ablative | *turdalta | *turdëilta | |
| allative | *turtalën *turtalëk |
*turtëilën *turtëilëk | |
| essive | *turtana | *turtëina | |
| translative | *turdaksi | *turdëiksi | |
| instructive | *turdan | *turdëin | |
| comitative | *turtanëk | *turtëinëk | |
| abessive | *turdatta | *turdëitta | |
Derived terms
- *turtudak
Descendants
Further reading
- “turd”, 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), “turta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (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
References
- ^ Metsäranta, Niklas: Ein Fall für zwei (oder drei) – Liquid metathesis substitution in Germanic loanwords in Finnic: old and new cases. E litoribus Balticis etymologiae. pp. 79-104. Uralica Helsingiensia 15. Helsinki 2024 [1]
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*turta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)