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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tühjä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From earlier *tüšjä, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian tuščias, Latvian tukšs.

Adjective

*tühjä

  1. empty

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: tühi
  • Finnish: tyhjä
  • Ingrian: tühjä
  • Karelian: tyhjä
  • Livonian: (Courland) tijā, (Salaca) tüä
  • Livvi: tyhjy
  • Ludian: ťühď, tühď
  • Veps: tühj
  • Võro: tühi
  • Votic: tühjä

References

  • tühi in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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