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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tähti

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 *täštä. Cognate with Kildin Sami та̄ссьт (tāss’t), Erzya теште (ťešťe) and Eastern Mari тиште (tište). According to Zhivlov (2015), possibly ultimately a substrate borrowing from the pre-Uralic languages of the Volga.[1]

Noun

*tähti

  1. star
  2. sign, mark, spot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: täht
  • Finnish: tähti
  • Ingrian: tähti
  • Karelian: tähti, teähti
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: tē’ḑ
    • Vidzeme Livonian: tēd, täd̦
  • Livvi: tiähti
  • Ludian: tiäht
  • Veps: tähtaz (extended with *-as)
  • Võro: täht'
  • Votic: tähti

Further reading

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

References

  1. М. А. Zhivlov. Неиндоевропейский субстрат в финно-волжских языках (2015).
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