Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tahtas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *taštas, borrowed from an Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *taištas),[1] compare Proto-Slavic *těsto and Proto-Celtic *taisto-.
Noun
*tahtas[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *tahtas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tahtas | *tahtahët | |
| accusative | *tahtahën | *tahtahët | |
| genitive | *tahtahën | *tahtastën *tahtahidën | |
| partitive | *tahtasta | *tahtahita | |
| inessive | *tahtahëssa *tahtahëhna |
*tahtahissa *tahtahihna | |
| elative | *tahtahësta | *tahtahista | |
| illative | *tahtahësën | *tahtahisën | |
| adessive | *tahtahëlla | *tahtahilla | |
| ablative | *tahtahëlta | *tahtahilta | |
| allative | *tahtahëlën *tahtahëlëk |
*tahtahilën *tahtahilëk | |
| essive | *tahtassa | *tahtahina | |
| translative | *tahtahëksi | *tahtahiksi | |
| instructive | *tahtahën | *tahtahin | |
| comitative | *tahtassëk | *tahtahinëk | |
| abessive | *tahtahëtta | *tahtahitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: tahdas
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: tahaš
- South Karelian: tahaš
- Livvi: tahtas
- Ludian: tahtaz
- Veps: tahtaz
- Võro: tahas
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “tahdas”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*tahtas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “tahm”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012