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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]
- work, task, chore
- twill
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*toimi
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*toimët
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accusative
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*toimën
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*toimët
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genitive
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*toimën
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*toindën *toimidën
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partitive
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*tointa
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*toimida
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inessive
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*toimëssa *toimëhna
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*toimissa *toimihna
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elative
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*toimësta
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*toimista
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illative
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*toimëhën
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*toimihën
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adessive
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*toimëlla
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*toimilla
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ablative
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*toimëlta
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*toimilta
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allative
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*toimëlën *toimëlëk
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*toimilën *toimilëk
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essive
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*toimëna
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*toimina
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translative
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*toimëksi
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*toimiksi
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instructive
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*toimën
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*toimin
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comitative
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*toimënëk
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*toiminëk
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abessive
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*toimëtta
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*toimitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*toimi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)