Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toimi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Derived with the same suffix as *-in (instrumental suffix) (compare *loimi < *loodak), either:
- from *toodak (“to bring”),
- from the same root as *toipudak (“to recover, recuperate”),
- or from *töö (“work”), implying an older derivation (*tewe-ma).
Noun
*toimi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *toimi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *toimi | *toimët | |
| accusative | *toimën | *toimët | |
| genitive | *toimën | *toindën *toimidën | |
| partitive | *tointa | *toimida | |
| inessive | *toimëssa *toimëhna |
*toimissa *toimihna | |
| elative | *toimësta | *toimista | |
| illative | *toimëhën | *toimihën | |
| adessive | *toimëlla | *toimilla | |
| ablative | *toimëlta | *toimilta | |
| allative | *toimëlën *toimëlëk |
*toimilën *toimilëk | |
| essive | *toimëna | *toimina | |
| translative | *toimëksi | *toimiksi | |
| instructive | *toimën | *toimin | |
| comitative | *toimënëk | *toiminëk | |
| abessive | *toimëtta | *toimitta | |