Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toohi

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 *tooši, most probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian tāss and Lithuanian tošis). Not related to Proto-Turkic *tōŕ (“birchbark”).

Noun

*toohi

1. birchbark

Inflection

Inflection of *toohi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*toohi	*toohët
accusative		*toohën	*toohët
genitive		*toohën	*toohtën *toohidën
partitive		*toohta	*toohida
inessive		*toohëssa *toohëhna	*toohissa *toohihna
elative		*toohësta	*toohista
illative		*toohëhën	*toohihën
adessive		*toohëlla	*toohilla
ablative		*toohëlta	*toohilta
allative		*toohëlën *toohëlëk	*toohilën *toohilëk
essive		*toohëna	*toohina
translative		*toohëksi	*toohiksi
instructive		*toohën	*toohin
comitative		*toohënëk	*toohinëk
abessive		*toohëtta	*toohitta

Descendants

• Estonian: toht
• Finnish: tuohi
• Ingrian: toohi
• Karelian: tuohi
• Livonian: tū’oigõz
• Livvi: tuohi
• Ludian: tuoh
• Veps: tohi
• Votic: toho

Further reading

• “toht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012