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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terni

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

Possibly borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *térunos (later *tárunas).[1]

Noun

*terni[2]

  1. beestings, colostrum

Inflection
Inflection of *terni
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *terni *ternet
accusative *ternen *ternet
genitive *ternen *terneden
*terniden
partitive *ternedä *ternidä
inessive *ternessä
*ternehnä		 *ternissä
*ternihnä
elative *ternestä *ternistä
illative *ternehen *ternihen
adessive *ternellä *ternillä
ablative *terneltä *terniltä
allative *ternelen
*ternelek		 *ternilen
*ternilek
essive *ternenä *terninä
translative *terneksi *terniksi
instructive *ternen *ternin
comitative *ternenek *terninek
abessive *ternettä *ternittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: ternes
  • Finnish: terni
  • Livonian: ter- (in compound: tersēmḑa)
  • Votic: (Mati) terne

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “terni”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
  2. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*terni”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

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