Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/topi
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic (whence Old Norse dán or Icelandic svídái).
Noun
*topi
Inflection
Inflection of *topi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *topi | *tobët | |
| accusative | *tobën | *tobët | |
| genitive | *tobën | *topëdën *topidën | |
| partitive | *topëda | *topida | |
| inessive | *tobëssa *tobëhna |
*tobissa *tobihna | |
| elative | *tobësta | *tobista | |
| illative | *topëhën | *topihën | |
| adessive | *tobëlla | *tobilla | |
| ablative | *tobëlta | *tobilta | |
| allative | *topëlën *topëlëk |
*topilën *topilëk | |
| essive | *topëna | *topina | |
| translative | *tobëksi | *tobiksi | |
| instructive | *tobën | *tobin | |
| comitative | *topënëk | *topinëk | |
| abessive | *tobëtta | *tobitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “tõbi”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012