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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/totku

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *tuotkë. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*totku

  1. (usually in the plural) fish guts (parts of fish removed during gutting)

Inflection
Inflection of *totku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *totku *totkut
accusative *totkun *totkut
genitive *totkun *totkudën
*totkuidën
partitive *totkuda *totkuida
inessive *totkussa
*totkuhna		 *totkuissa
*totkuihna
elative *totkusta *totkuista
illative *totkuhën *totkuihën
adessive *totkulla *totkuilla
ablative *totkulta *totkuilta
allative *totkulën
*totkulëk		 *totkuilën
*totkuilëk
essive *totkuna *totkuina
translative *totkuksi *totkuiksi
instructive *totkun *totkuin
comitative *totkunëk *totkuinëk
abessive *totkutta *totkuitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: totku, totkut pl
  • Ingrian: totkut pl
  • Karelian: totku, totkut pl
  • Livvi: totku
  • Ludian: totkud pl
  • Veps: totkud pl
  • Votic: totku

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “totkut”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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