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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/topi
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse dán or Icelandic svídái).
Noun
*topi
- disease, sickness
- Synonym: *tauti
Inflection
Inflection of *topi
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *topi | *tobet | |
| accusative | *toben | *tobet | |
| genitive | *toben | *topeden *topiden | |
| partitive | *topeda | *topida | |
| inessive | *tobessa | *tobissa | |
| elative | *tobesta | *tobista | |
| illative | *topehen | *topihen | |
| adessive | *tobella | *tobilla | |
| ablative | *tobelta | *tobilta | |
| allative | *topelen | *topilen | |
| essive | *topena | *topina | |
| translative | *tobeksi | *tobiksi | |
| instructive | *toben | *tobin | |
| comitative | *topenek | *topinek | |
| abessive | *tobekta | *tobikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tõbi
- → Finnish:(dialectal, rare) topi
- → Ingrian: topi
- Livonian: te’b, tö’b
- Võro: tõbi
Further reading
- tõbi in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN