Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/too

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 Proto-Uralic *to. Compare Proto-Mordvinic *tona (“that”).

Pronoun

*too (plural *noo)[1]

  1. that (over there), yonder (distal?)

Determiner

*too (plural *noo)[1]

  1. that (over there), yonder (distal?)

Inflection

Inflection of *too
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *too *noo
*noot
accusative *toon *noo
*noot
genitive *toon *noodën
*noidën
partitive *toota *noita
inessive *toossa
*toohna 		*noissa
*noihna
elative *toosta *noista
illative *toosën *noisën
adessive *toolla *noilla
ablative *toolta *noilta
allative *toolën
*toolëk 		*noilën
*noilëk
essive *toona *noina
translative *tooksi *noiksi
instructive *toon *noin
comitative *toonëk *noinëk
abessive *tootta *noitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: too
  • Finnish: tuo, toi
  • Ingrian: too
  • Karelian: tuo
  • Võro: tuu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*too”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
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