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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/topi

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse dán or Icelandic svídái).

Noun

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*topi

  1. disease, sickness
    Synonym: *tauti

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: tõbi
    • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) topi
    • Ingrian: topi
  • Livonian: te’b, tö’b
  • Võro: tõbi

Further reading

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  • tõbi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012