Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tutu
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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]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from baby talk or child language.
Noun
[edit]*tutu[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tutu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tutu | *tudut | |
| accusative | *tudun | *tudut | |
| genitive | *tudun | *tutudën *tutuidën | |
| partitive | *tutuda | *tutuida | |
| inessive | *tudussa *tuduhna |
*tuduissa *tuduihna | |
| elative | *tudusta | *tuduista | |
| illative | *tutuhën | *tutuihën | |
| adessive | *tudulla | *tuduilla | |
| ablative | *tudulta | *tuduilta | |
| allative | *tutulën *tutulëk |
*tutuilën *tutuilëk | |
| essive | *tutuna | *tutuina | |
| translative | *tuduksi | *tuduiksi | |
| instructive | *tudun | *tuduin | |
| comitative | *tutunëk | *tutuinëk | |
| abessive | *tudutta | *tuduitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *tutu ~ *tuutu:
- Estonian: tudu (“sleep”)
- Finnish: tuutu (“cradle”)
- Ingrian: tutu (“cradle”)
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: tuudu (“cradle”)
- Livvi: tuudu (“cradle”)
- Votic: (Jõgõperä) tuutu (“sleep?”)
Related terms
[edit]- *tutudak ~ *tuutudak (“to sleep”)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tuutu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN