Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/taari

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

Unknown. Has been compared with Old Norse tár (“tear”), Danish tår (“drop (of liquid)”).

Reconstruction

Internal borrowing might also be possible, as e.g. the original distribution in Finnish is rather narrow, only southeastern Finnish dialects; Finnish and Ingrian could ultimately derive from Estonian.

Noun

*taari

  1. low-alcohol beer, kvass
    Synonym: *kalja

Inflection

Inflection of *taari
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *taari *taarit
accusative *taarin *taarit
genitive *taarin *taaridën
*taarëjidën
partitive *taarida *taarëjita
inessive *taarissa
*taarihna 		*taarëjissa
*taarëjihna
elative *taarista *taarëjista
illative *taarihën *taarëjisën
adessive *taarilla *taarëjilla
ablative *taarilta *taarëjilta
allative *taarilën
*taarilëk 		*taarëjilën
*taarëjilëk
essive *taarina *taarëjina
translative *taariksi *taarëjiksi
instructive *taarin *taarëjin
comitative *taarinëk *taarëjinëk
abessive *taaritta *taarëjitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: taar
  • Finnish: taari
    • →? Karelian: toari
  • Ingrian: taari
  • Livonian: tōŗ, tōŗiņ
  • Võro: taar'
  • Votic: taari

Further reading

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