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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/toci

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 Proto-Uralic *čoďe. Compare Eastern Khanty [script needed] (čăjǝ), Northern Mansi [script needed] (sōĺ).[1]

Noun

*toci

  1. truth

Inflection
Inflection of *toci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *toci *todët
accusative *todën *todët
genitive *todën *tot'ën
*tocidën
partitive *totta *tocida
inessive *todëssa
*todëhna		 *tocissa
*tocihna
elative *todësta *tocista
illative *totëhën *tocihën
adessive *todëlla *tocilla
ablative *todëlta *tocilta
allative *totëlën
*totëlëk		 *tocilën
*tocilëk
essive *tonna *tocina
translative *todëksi *tociksi
instructive *todën *tocin
comitative *tonnëk *tocinëk
abessive *todëtta *tocitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tõsi
  • Finnish: tosi
  • Ingrian: tosi
  • Karelian: tosi, tozi
  • Livonian: tuo’ž
  • Livvi: tozi
  • Ludian: tozi
  • Veps: tozi
  • Votic: tõsi
  • ? → Proto-Samic: *tuotë

References
  1. Ante Aikio. Studies in Uralic Etymology IV: Ob-Ugric Etymologies.

Further reading
  • “tõsi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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