Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tandër

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

Probably derived from Proto-Uralic *tante- with +‎ *-r(a), or alternatively per EVE, from Proto-Uralic *tëntere.[1] Cognate with Proto-Samic *tuontër.

Noun

*tandër[2]

  1. hard trampled ground or snow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: tanner, tantere
    • Estonian: tander
  • Karelian: tanner
  • Livvi: tanner
  • Ludian: tander
  • Veps: tandar, tandreh

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “tanner”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*tandër”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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