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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tammi
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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 Proto-Finno-Permic *tamme, further origin unknown, possibly a substrate from the pre-Uralic languages of the Volga. Cognate with Erzya тумо (tumo), Moksha тума (tuma) and Eastern Mari тумо (tumo).
Inflection
Inflection of *tammi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tammi | *tammet | |
| accusative | *tammen | *tammet | |
| genitive | *tammen | *tammeden *tammiden | |
| partitive | *tammeda | *tammida | |
| inessive | *tammessa *tammehna |
*tammissa *tammihna | |
| elative | *tammesta | *tammista | |
| illative | *tammehen | *tammihen | |
| adessive | *tammella | *tammilla | |
| ablative | *tammelta | *tammilta | |
| allative | *tammelen *tammelek |
*tammilen *tammilek | |
| essive | *tammena | *tammina | |
| translative | *tammeksi | *tammiksi | |
| instructive | *tammen | *tammin | |
| comitative | *tammenek | *tamminek | |
| abessive | *tammetta | *tammitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- tamm in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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