Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/totku
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *totki + *-u, cognate with Proto-Samic *tuotkë, further origin unknown.
Noun
*totku[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *totku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *totku | *totkut | |
| accusative | *totkun | *totkut | |
| genitive | *totkun | *totkudën *totkuidën | |
| partitive | *totkuda | *totkuida | |
| inessive | *totkussa *totkuhna |
*totkuissa *totkuihna | |
| elative | *totkusta | *totkuista | |
| illative | *totkuhën | *totkuihën | |
| adessive | *totkulla | *totkuilla | |
| ablative | *totkulta | *totkuilta | |
| allative | *totkulën *totkulëk |
*totkuilën *totkuilëk | |
| essive | *totkuna | *totkuina | |
| translative | *totkuksi | *totkuiksi | |
| instructive | *totkun | *totkuin | |
| comitative | *totkunëk | *totkuinëk | |
| abessive | *totkutta | *totkuitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: totku, totkut pl
- Ingrian: totkut pl
- Karelian:
- Livvi: totku
- Ludian: totkud pl
- Veps: totkud pl
- Votic: totku
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “totkut”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN