Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tutka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *tuďka.
Noun
*tutka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *tutka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tutka | *tutkat | |
| accusative | *tutkan | *tutkat | |
| genitive | *tutkan | *tutkadën *tutkëidën | |
| partitive | *tutkada | *tutkëida | |
| inessive | *tutkassa *tutkahna |
*tutkëissa *tutkëihna | |
| elative | *tutkasta | *tutkëista | |
| illative | *tutkahën | *tutkëihën | |
| adessive | *tutkalla | *tutkëilla | |
| ablative | *tutkalta | *tutkëilta | |
| allative | *tutkalën *tutkalëk |
*tutkëilën *tutkëilëk | |
| essive | *tutkana | *tutkëina | |
| translative | *tutkaksi | *tutkëiksi | |
| instructive | *tutkan | *tutkëin | |
| comitative | *tutkanëk | *tutkëinëk | |
| abessive | *tutkatta | *tutkëitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: tutkas (“ruff (bird)”) (+ *-s)
- >? Finnish: (dialectal, rare) tutka (“thrum(s)”) (if not a back-formation)
- Livonian: (Salaca) tutk, tutka
From *tutkidak (verb, + *-idak; semantic development possibly “to prod, goad” → “to examine”):
- Finnish: tutkia
- ⇒ Finnish: (back-formation) tutka (“radar”)
- Ingrian: tutkia
- → Votic: tutkia
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: tutkie
- Livvi: tutkie
References
Further reading
- “tutkas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “tutkain”, 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