Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toohi
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *tooši, most probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian tāss and Lithuanian tošis). Not related to Proto-Turkic *tōŕ (“birchbark”).
Noun
[edit]*toohi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *toohi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *toohi | *toohët | |
| accusative | *toohën | *toohët | |
| genitive | *toohën | *toohtën *toohidën | |
| partitive | *toohta | *toohida | |
| inessive | *toohëssa *toohëhna |
*toohissa *toohihna | |
| elative | *toohësta | *toohista | |
| illative | *toohëhën | *toohihën | |
| adessive | *toohëlla | *toohilla | |
| ablative | *toohëlta | *toohilta | |
| allative | *toohëlën *toohëlëk |
*toohilën *toohilëk | |
| essive | *toohëna | *toohina | |
| translative | *toohëksi | *toohiksi | |
| instructive | *toohën | *toohin | |
| comitative | *toohënëk | *toohinëk | |
| abessive | *toohëtta | *toohitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: toht
- Finnish: tuohi
- Ingrian: toohi
- Karelian: tuohi
- Livonian: tū’oigõz
- Livvi: tuohi
- Ludian: tuoh
- Veps: tohi
- Votic: toho
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “toht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012