тав (Northern Mansi)
Where does "тав" come from?
The Northern Mansi word 'тав' (he, she, it) traces its roots back to the Proto-Finno-Ugric *sᴕ̈. Over generations, this ancestral pronoun evolved through Proto-Mansi into the various Mansi dialects, sharing a deep linguistic history with related words like the Hungarian 'ő' and Finnish 'hän'.
Full etymology tree
- тав (Northern Mansi), 'he, she, it'
- inherited *tä̆w (Proto-Mansi)
- inherited *sᴕ̈ (Proto-Finno-Ugric)
- inherited *tä̆w (Proto-Mansi)
Cognates and doublets
- hän (Finnish)
- ő (Hungarian)
Descendants and derived words
- таккетэ (Northern Mansi)
Updated June 2026
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