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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/terveh

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

*tërva +‎ *-ëh. The traditional derivation from *tërva (“tar, tarry wood”) is unlikely due to semantically weak explanation. More likely is a very old loan from Indo-Iranian, in which case it has the same origin as Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬁 (dərəuuā, “healthy”).[1]

Adjective

*terveh

  1. healthy, well
  2. solid, whole

Inflection
Inflection of *terveh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *terveh *tervehet
accusative *tervehen *tervehet
genitive *tervehen *tervehten
*tervehiden
partitive *tervehtä *tervehitä
inessive *tervehessä
*tervehehnä		 *tervehissä
*tervehihnä
elative *tervehestä *tervehistä
illative *tervehesen *tervehisen
adessive *tervehellä *tervehillä
ablative *terveheltä *tervehiltä
allative *tervehelen
*tervehelek		 *tervehilen
*tervehilek
essive *tervehenä *tervehinä
translative *terveheksi *tervehiksi
instructive *tervehen *tervehin
comitative *tervehenek *tervehinek
abessive *tervehettä *tervehittä

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: terve, tere
  • Finnish: terve
  • Ingrian: terve, tere
  • Karelian: terveh
  • Livonian: tīera
  • Livvi: terveh
  • Ludian: terveh
  • Veps: terveh
  • Võro: terveh, terveq
  • Votic: terve
  • → Proto-Samic:
    • Western Sami:
    • Eastern Sami:
      • Inari Sami: tiervâs
      • Skolt Sami: tiõrvâs
      • Kildin Sami: тӣрвас (tīrvas)
      • Ter Sami: [Term?] (tīru̯ʿs)

References
  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • “terve”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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