Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tussu

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

According to SSA and EES, sound-symbolic;[1] according to SSA, related to *tup'ëhtudak.[2]

Noun

*tussu[3]

  1. (hair) tuft

Inflection

Inflection of *tussu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tussu *tussut
accusative *tussun *tussut
genitive *tussun *tussudën
*tussuidën
partitive *tussuda *tussuida
inessive *tussussa
*tussuhna 		*tussuissa
*tussuihna
elative *tussusta *tussuista
illative *tussuhën *tussuihën
adessive *tussulla *tussuilla
ablative *tussulta *tussuilta
allative *tussulën
*tussulëk 		*tussuilën
*tussuilëk
essive *tussuna *tussuina
translative *tussuksi *tussuiksi
instructive *tussun *tussuin
comitative *tussunëk *tussuinëk
abessive *tussutta *tussuitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tuss
  • Finnish: tussu
  • Livonian: tus

References

  1. ^ “tuss”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tussu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tussu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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