Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauta
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian plauts (“shelf”), Lithuanian plautas (“sauna bench”)). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic (whence Old Norse fleyðr, Swedish flöte).
Noun
*lauta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lauta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lauta | *laudat | |
| accusative | *laudan | *laudat | |
| genitive | *laudan | *lautadën *lautëidën | |
| partitive | *lautada | *lautëida | |
| inessive | *laudassa *laudahna |
*laudëissa *laudëihna | |
| elative | *laudasta | *laudëista | |
| illative | *lautahën | *lautëihën | |
| adessive | *laudalla | *laudëilla | |
| ablative | *laudalta | *laudëilta | |
| allative | *lautalën *lautalëk |
*lautëilën *lautëilëk | |
| essive | *lautana | *lautëina | |
| translative | *laudaksi | *laudëiksi | |
| instructive | *laudan | *laudëin | |
| comitative | *lautanëk | *lautëinëk | |
| abessive | *laudatta | *laudëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: laud
- Finnish: lauta
- → Northern Sami: lávdi
- Ingrian: lauta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lōda
- Livvi: laudu
- Ludian: laud
- Veps: laud
- Võro: laud
- Votic: lautõ
- →? Proto-Samic: *luovtē
References
Further reading
- “laud”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012