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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tämä

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-Uralic *tä +‎ *-mä.

Pronoun

*tämä

  1. this

Descendants

In Southern Finnic (Estonian, Livonian, South Estonian incl. Võro, Votic), the pronoun has also developed into a third-person pronoun, whereas the Northern Finnic languages use *hän.

  • Estonian: tema
  • Finnish: tämä
  • Ingrian: tämä
  • Karelian: tämä
  • Livonian: tämā
  • Livvi: tämä
  • Ludian: tämä
  • Veps: tämä
  • Võro: timä
  • Votic: tämä

Further reading
  • tema in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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