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

Noun

*tooni

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:
  • North Karelian: tuoni
  • South Karelian: tuoni
• Livvi: tuoni
• Võro: toonõ- (in compound: toonõkurg')
• Votic: (Kattila) tooni
• → Proto-Samic: *tuonë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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