Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laita
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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
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laidō.
Noun
*laita[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *laita
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laita | *laidat | |
| accusative | *laidan | *laidat | |
| genitive | *laidan | *laitadën *laitoidën | |
| partitive | *laitada | *laitoida | |
| inessive | *laidassa *laidahna |
*laidoissa *laidoihna | |
| elative | *laidasta | *laidoista | |
| illative | *laitahën | *laitoihën | |
| adessive | *laidalla | *laidoilla | |
| ablative | *laidalta | *laidoilta | |
| allative | *laitalën *laitalëk |
*laitoilën *laitoilëk | |
| essive | *laitana | *laitoina | |
| translative | *laidaksi | *laidoiksi | |
| instructive | *laidan | *laidoin | |
| comitative | *laitanëk | *laitoinëk | |
| abessive | *laidatta | *laidoitta | |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Probably shift from Etymology 1.
Noun
*laita
Inflection
Inflection of *laita
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laita | *laidat | |
| accusative | *laidan | *laidat | |
| genitive | *laidan | *laitadën *laitoidën | |
| partitive | *laitada | *laitoida | |
| inessive | *laidassa *laidahna |
*laidoissa *laidoihna | |
| elative | *laidasta | *laidoista | |
| illative | *laitahën | *laitoihën | |
| adessive | *laidalla | *laidoilla | |
| ablative | *laidalta | *laidoilta | |
| allative | *laitalën *laitalëk |
*laitoilën *laitoilëk | |
| essive | *laitana | *laitoina | |
| translative | *laidaksi | *laidoiksi | |
| instructive | *laidan | *laidoin | |
| comitative | *laitanëk | *laitoinëk | |
| abessive | *laidatta | *laidoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: laid
- → Latvian: laides
- Finnish: laita
- → Northern Sami: láidi
- Ingrian: laita
- Karelian:
- Livvi: laidu
- Ludian: laid
- Veps: laid
- Võro: laid
- Votic: laitõ
References
Further reading
- “laid”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laita”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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