Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tandër
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]
Inflection
Inflection of *tandër
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tandër | *tantërët | |
| accusative | *tantërën | *tantërët | |
| genitive | *tantërën | *tandërdën *tantëridën | |
| partitive | *tandërta | *tantërita | |
| inessive | *tantërëssa *tantërëhna |
*tantërissa *tantërihna | |
| elative | *tantërësta | *tantërista | |
| illative | *tantërësën | *tantërisën | |
| adessive | *tantërëlla | *tantërilla | |
| ablative | *tantërëlta | *tantërilta | |
| allative | *tantërëlën *tantërëlëk |
*tantërilën *tantërilëk | |
| essive | *tandërra | *tantërina | |
| translative | *tantërëksi | *tantëriksi | |
| instructive | *tantërën | *tantërin | |
| comitative | *tandërrëk | *tantërinëk | |
| abessive | *tantërëtta | *tantëritta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: tanner, tantere
- → Estonian: tander
- Karelian: tanner
- Livvi: tanner
- Ludian: tander
- Veps: tandar, tandreh
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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