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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tëpras

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz or *steuraz.

Noun

*tëpras

  1. cattle, bull

Inflection
Inflection of *tëpras
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tëpras *tëprahët
accusative *tëprahën *tëprahët
genitive *tëprahën *tëprastën
*tëprahidën
partitive *tëprasta *tëprahita
inessive *tëprahëssa
*tëprahëhna		 *tëprahissa
*tëprahihna
elative *tëprahësta *tëprahista
illative *tëprahësën *tëprahisën
adessive *tëprahëlla *tëprahilla
ablative *tëprahëlta *tëprahilta
allative *tëprahëlën
*tëprahëlëk		 *tëprahilën
*tëprahilëk
essive *tëprassa *tëprahina
translative *tëprahëksi *tëprahiksi
instructive *tëprahën *tëprahin
comitative *tëprassëk *tëprahinëk
abessive *tëprahëtta *tëprahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tõbras
  • Finnish: teuras
  • Võro: tõbras
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) tõbrõz

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