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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tauti
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛞᚨᚢᚦᛁ (*dauþi), from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, whence Old Norse dauði (“death, deadly epidemic”).
Noun
*tauti
- disease, sickness
- Synonym: *topi
Inflection
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 | ||
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nominative | *tauti | *taudit | |
accusative | *taudin | *taudit | |
genitive | *taudin | *tautiden *tautejiden | |
partitive | *tautida | *tautejita | |
inessive | *taudissa *taudihna | *tautejissa *tautejihna | |
elative | *taudista | *tautejista | |
illative | *tautihen | *tautejisen | |
adessive | *taudilla | *tautejilla | |
ablative | *taudilta | *tautejilta | |
allative | *tautilen *tautilek | *tautejilen *tautejilek | |
essive | *tautina | *tautejina | |
translative | *taudiksi | *tautejiksi | |
instructive | *taudin | *tautejin | |
comitative | *tautinek | *tautejinek | |
abessive | *tauditta | *tautejitta |
Descendants
- 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
- taud in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tauti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN