Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarpodak

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. Cognate with Proto-Samic *tuorpōtēk, from earlier *tarpa-w- (*tarpo-). Unlikely Germanic (from the same root as Swedish stör (pole)) and Baltic etymologies have been proposed. According to Metsäranta (2024), borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *þrabōną (to trot).[1]

Verb

*tarpodak (stem *tarpo-)[2]

  1. to splash water with a rod to drive fish into a net/seine

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: tarpoa
  • Ingrian: tarpoa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: tarpuo
    • South Karelian: tarbuo
  • Livvi: tarbuo
  • Ludian: tarboda
  • Veps: tarboida
  • Votic: (Mati) tarpoa

References

  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas: Ein Fall für zwei (oder drei) – Liquid metathesis substitution in Germanic loanwords in Finnic: old and new cases. E litoribus Balticis etymologiae. pp. 79-104. Uralica Helsingiensia 15. Helsinki 2024 [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*tarpo-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tarpoa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN