Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toohi

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

From earlier *tooši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian tāss, tāsis and Lithuanian tóšis), perhaps ultimately somehow from Proto-Indo-European *totḱ-.

Noun

*toohi[1]

  1. birchbark

Inflection

Inflection of *toohi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *toohi *toohët
accusative *toohën *toohët
genitive *toohën *toohtën
*toohidën
partitive *toohta *toohida
inessive *toohëssa
*toohëhna 		*toohissa
*toohihna
elative *toohësta *toohista
illative *toohëhën *toohihën
adessive *toohëlla *toohilla
ablative *toohëlta *toohilta
allative *toohëlën
*toohëlëk 		*toohilën
*toohilëk
essive *toohëna *toohina
translative *toohëksi *toohiksi
instructive *toohën *toohin
comitative *toohënëk *toohinëk
abessive *toohëtta *toohitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: toht
  • Finnish: tuohi
  • Ingrian: toohi
  • Karelian: tuohi
  • Livonian: tū’oigõz
  • Livvi: tuohi
  • Ludian: tuoh
  • Veps: tohi
  • Votic: toho

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*toohi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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