Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tahko
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Probably shortened from *tahkokivi, a compound of *tahko (see Etymology 2) + *kivi.
Noun
*tahko[1]
- whetstone
- grindstone
- Synonym: *pöörä
Inflection
Inflection of *tahko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tahko | *tahkot | |
| accusative | *tahkon | *tahkot | |
| genitive | *tahkon | *tahkodën *tahkoidën | |
| partitive | *tahkoda | *tahkoida | |
| inessive | *tahkossa *tahkohna |
*tahkoissa *tahkoihna | |
| elative | *tahkosta | *tahkoista | |
| illative | *tahkohën | *tahkoihën | |
| adessive | *tahkolla | *tahkoilla | |
| ablative | *tahkolta | *tahkoilta | |
| allative | *tahkolën *tahkolëk |
*tahkoilën *tahkoilëk | |
| essive | *tahkona | *tahkoina | |
| translative | *tahkoksi | *tahkoiksi | |
| instructive | *tahkon | *tahkoin | |
| comitative | *tahkonëk | *tahkoinëk | |
| abessive | *tahkotta | *tahkoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tahk
- Finnish: tahko
- → Inari Sami: tákku
- → Kildin Sami: та̄һк (tāhk)
- → Skolt Sami: täkk
- Ingrian: tahko
- Karelian:
- Livonian: tǭ’gõz
- Livvi: tahko
- Ludian: tahk
- Veps: tahk
- Võro: tahk
- Votic: tahko
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finno-Permic *taškɜ, whence Proto-Permic *tu̇š.
Noun
*tahko[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *tahko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tahko | *tahkot | |
| accusative | *tahkon | *tahkot | |
| genitive | *tahkon | *tahkodën *tahkoidën | |
| partitive | *tahkoda | *tahkoida | |
| inessive | *tahkossa *tahkohna |
*tahkoissa *tahkoihna | |
| elative | *tahkosta | *tahkoista | |
| illative | *tahkohën | *tahkoihën | |
| adessive | *tahkolla | *tahkoilla | |
| ablative | *tahkolta | *tahkoilta | |
| allative | *tahkolën *tahkolëk |
*tahkoilën *tahkoilëk | |
| essive | *tahkona | *tahkoina | |
| translative | *tahkoksi | *tahkoiksi | |
| instructive | *tahkon | *tahkoin | |
| comitative | *tahkonëk | *tahkoinëk | |
| abessive | *tahkotta | *tahkoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “tahk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “tahko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN