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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tenho

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *tänho

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

*tenho[1]

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (Northern Finnic) charm, appeal, magical power
    2. (Southern Finnic) thanks (expression of gratitude)

Inflection
Inflection of *tenho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tënho *tënhot
accusative *tënhon *tënhot
genitive *tënhon *tënhodën
*tënhoidën
partitive *tënhoda *tënhoida
inessive *tënhossa
*tënhohna		 *tënhoissa
*tënhoihna
elative *tënhosta *tënhoista
illative *tënhohën *tënhoihën
adessive *tënholla *tënhoilla
ablative *tënholta *tënhoilta
allative *tënholën
*tënholëk		 *tënhoilën
*tënhoilëk
essive *tënhona *tënhoina
translative *tënhoksi *tënhoiksi
instructive *tënhon *tënhoin
comitative *tënhonëk *tënhoinëk
abessive *tënhotta *tënhoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tänu (“thanks”), ⇒ tänama (“to thank”)
  • Finnish: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
  • Karelian: tenho (“charm, appeal”)
  • ⇒ Livonian: tieʾnnõ (“to thank”)
  • ⇒ Votic: (Pummala, Rudja) tenata (“to thank”)
  • Võro: teno, tehn (“thanks”)

Further reading
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tenho”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)
  • “tänama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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