Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tomu

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

Etymology

According to EES, possibly sound-symbolic.[1]

Noun

*tomu

  1. dust

Inflection

Inflection of *tomu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tomu *tomut
accusative *tomun *tomut
genitive *tomun *tomudën
*tomuidën
partitive *tomuda *tomuida
inessive *tomussa
*tomuhna 		*tomuissa
*tomuihna
elative *tomusta *tomuista
illative *tomuhën *tomuihën
adessive *tomulla *tomuilla
ablative *tomulta *tomuilta
allative *tomulën
*tomulëk 		*tomuilën
*tomuilëk
essive *tomuna *tomuina
translative *tomuksi *tomuiksi
instructive *tomun *tomuin
comitative *tomunëk *tomuinëk
abessive *tomutta *tomuitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: tomu
  • Finnish: tomu
  • Ingrian: tomu
  • Karelian: tomu
  • Livvi: tomu
  • Ludian: tomu
  • Veps: tomu

References

  1. ^ “tomu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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