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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toohi

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *tooši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian tāss, tāsis and Lithuanian tóšis), perhaps ultimately somehow from Proto-Indo-European *totḱ-.

Noun

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*toohi[1]

  1. birchbark

Inflection

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*toohi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • toht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “tuohi”, 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