Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laito
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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
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *slaid- (whence Latvian slaids and Lithuanian šlaitas) or, alternatively, derived from *laita.
Adjective
*laito[1]
- shallow (of water)
Noun
*laito[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *laito
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laito | *laidot | |
| accusative | *laidon | *laidot | |
| genitive | *laidon | *laitodën *laitoidën | |
| partitive | *laitoda | *laitoida | |
| inessive | *laidossa *laidohna |
*laidoissa *laidoihna | |
| elative | *laidosta | *laidoista | |
| illative | *laitohën | *laitoihën | |
| adessive | *laidolla | *laidoilla | |
| ablative | *laidolta | *laidoilta | |
| allative | *laitolën *laitolëk |
*laitoilën *laitoilëk | |
| essive | *laitona | *laitoina | |
| translative | *laidoksi | *laidoiksi | |
| instructive | *laidon | *laidoin | |
| comitative | *laitonëk | *laitoinëk | |
| abessive | *laidotta | *laidoitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “laid”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laito”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (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