Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/töpoi

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

According to EES, sound-symbolic[1] with +‎ *-oi.

Noun

*töpoi[2]

  1. small and short thing, stub, stump

Inflection

Inflection of *töpoi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *töpoi *töboit
accusative *töboin *töboit
genitive *töboin *töpoidën
*töpoidën
partitive *töpoida *töpoida
inessive *töboissa
*töboihna 		*töboissa
*töboihna
elative *töboista *töboista
illative *töpoihën *töpoihën
adessive *töboilla *töboilla
ablative *töboilta *töboilta
allative *töpoilën
*töpoilëk 		*töpoilën
*töpoilëk
essive *töpoina *töpoina
translative *töboiksi *töboiksi
instructive *töboin *töboin
comitative *töpoinëk *töpoinëk
abessive *töboitta *töboitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: töpö, (dialectal) töppö
  • Livvi: töpöi

From *töpi (with *-i):

  • Estonian: töbi
  • Võro: töbi

References

  1. ^ “töbi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*töp(o)i”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “töpö”, 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
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