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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/peentara

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

Unknown. Possibly a univerbation of *peeni (“small”) +‎ *tarha (“garden”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*peentara

  1. headland (unplowed boundary of a field)

Inflection
Inflection of *peentara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *peentara *peentarat
accusative *peentaran *peentarat
genitive *peentaran *peentaradën
*peentaroidën
partitive *peentarata *peentaroita
inessive *peentarassa
*peentarahna		 *peentaroissa
*peentaroihna
elative *peentarasta *peentaroista
illative *peentarasën *peentaroisën
adessive *peentaralla *peentaroilla
ablative *peentaralta *peentaroilta
allative *peentaralën
*peentaralëk		 *peentaroilën
*peentaroilëk
essive *peentarana *peentaroina
translative *peentaraksi *peentaroiksi
instructive *peentaran *peentaroin
comitative *peentaranëk *peentaroinëk
abessive *peentaratta *peentaroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: peenar
  • Finnish: piennar, pientare
  • Ingrian: peentara
  • Karelian: piennar
  • ⇒ Livonian: pīendrõks
  • Livvi: pienar
  • Ludian: piendar
  • Võro: pinnär'
  • Votic: peentõrõ, (Mati) peentärä

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