 | ThisProto-Finnic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
FromProto-Uralic*te.
*tek
*tek has been traditionally considered the primary nominative form, but YSuS, since 2024, appears to consider*töö primary instead.
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | *te *töö | |
| accusative | — | *tedet *teidet | |
| genitive | — | *teden *teiden | |
| partitive | — | *teitä | |
| inessive | — | *teissä *teihnä | |
| elative | — | *teistä | |
| illative | — | *teisen | |
| adessive | — | *teillä | |
| ablative | — | *teiltä | |
| allative | — | *teilen *teilek | |
| essive | — | *teinä | |
| translative | — | *teiksi | |
| instructive | — | *tein | |
| comitative | — | *teinek | |
| abessive | — | *teittä | |