Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tauti
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛞᚨᚢᚦᛁ (*dauþi), from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, whence Old Norse dauði (“death, deadly epidemic”).
Noun[edit]
*tauti
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *tauti
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tauti | *taudit | |
| accusative | *taudin | *taudit | |
| genitive | *taudin | *tautidën *tautëjidën | |
| partitive | *tautida | *tautëjita | |
| inessive | *taudissa *taudihna |
*tautëjissa *tautëjihna | |
| elative | *taudista | *tautëjista | |
| illative | *tautihën | *tautëjisën | |
| adessive | *taudilla | *tautëjilla | |
| ablative | *taudilta | *tautëjilta | |
| allative | *tautilën *tautilëk |
*tautëjilën *tautëjilëk | |
| essive | *tautina | *tautëjina | |
| translative | *taudiksi | *tautëjiksi | |
| instructive | *taudin | *tautëjin | |
| comitative | *tautinëk | *tautëjinëk | |
| abessive | *tauditta | *tautëjitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: taud
- Finnish: tauti
- Ingrian: tauti
- Karelian: (Northern) tauti, (Southern) taudi
- Livvi: taudi
- Votic: tauti
- → Proto-Samic: *tāvtë (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- “taud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tauti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN