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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tooni

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 *towënë, borrowed from pre-Germanic *dʰow-(ey)e-ni, or from Proto-Germanic *dawīni-, compare Old Norse dán (“death”).

Noun

*tooni[1]

  1. death
    Synonyms: *koolëma, *surma
  2. 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
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*tooni”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • toone- in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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