Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tooni
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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
Etymology
From earlier *towene, borrowed from pre-Germanic *dʰow-(ey)e-ni, or from Proto-Germanic *dawīni-, compare Old Norse dán (“death”).
Noun
*tooni[1]
- death
- underworld (world of the dead)
Inflection
Inflection of *tooni
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tooni | *toonët | |
| accusative | *toonën | *toonët | |
| genitive | *toonën | *toondën *toonidën | |
| partitive | *toonta | *toonida | |
| inessive | *toonëssa *toonëhna |
*toonissa *toonihna | |
| elative | *toonësta | *toonista | |
| illative | *toonëhën | *toonihën | |
| adessive | *toonëlla | *toonilla | |
| ablative | *toonëlta | *toonilta | |
| allative | *toonëlën *toonëlëk |
*toonilën *toonilëk | |
| essive | *toonna | *toonina | |
| translative | *toonëksi | *tooniksi | |
| instructive | *toonën | *toonin | |
| comitative | *toonnëk | *tooninëk | |
| abessive | *toonëtta | *toonitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: toone- (in compounds: toonekurg, toonesepp)
- Finnish: tuoni
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tuoni
- Võro: toonõ- (in compound: toonõkurg')
- Votic: (Kattila) tooni
- → Proto-Samic: *tuonë (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “toone-”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012