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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/termä

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *tearmē, further origin unknown.

Noun

*termä[1]

  1. steep bank (edge of river or lake)
    Synonym: *äpräs

Inflection
Inflection of *termä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *termä *termät
accusative *termän *termät
genitive *termän *termäden
*termeiden
partitive *termädä *termeidä
inessive *termässä
*termähnä		 *termeissä
*termeihnä
elative *termästä *termeistä
illative *termähen *termeihen
adessive *termällä *termeillä
ablative *termältä *termeiltä
allative *termälen
*termälek		 *termeilen
*termeilek
essive *termänä *termeinä
translative *termäksi *termeiksi
instructive *termän *termein
comitative *termänek *termeinek
abessive *termättä *termeittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: törmä, (dialectal) termä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: termä
    • South Karelian: termä

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*termä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “törmä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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