Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tooni
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *towene, borrowed from pre-Germanic *dʰow-(ey)e-ni, or from Proto-Germanic *dawīni-, compare Old Norse dán (“death”).
Noun
[edit]*tooni[1]
- death
- underworld (world of the dead)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tooni
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *tooni | *toonët | |
accusative | *toonën | *toonët | |
genitive | *toonën | *toondën *toonidën | |
partitive | *toonta | *toonida | |
inessive | *toonëssa *toonëhna |
*toonissa *toonihna | |
elative | *toonësta | *toonista | |
illative | *toonëhën | *toonihën | |
adessive | *toonëlla | *toonilla | |
ablative | *toonëlta | *toonilta | |
allative | *toonëlën *toonëlëk |
*toonilën *toonilëk | |
essive | *toonna | *toonina | |
translative | *toonëksi | *tooniksi | |
instructive | *toonën | *toonin | |
comitative | *toonnëk | *tooninëk | |
abessive | *toonëtta | *toonitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: toone- (in compounds: toonekurg, toonesepp)
- Finnish: tuoni
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tuoni
- Võro: toonõ- (in compound: toonõkurg')
- Votic: (Kattila) tooni
- → Proto-Samic: *tuonë (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “toone-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012