Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860). Possibly based on the dialectal word loikka, loikko (“flat, shallow”), which may be akin to loiva.
loikko
| Inflection of loikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | loikko | loikot | |
| genitive | loikon | loikkojen | |
| partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | |
| illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | loikko | loikot | |
| accusative | nom. | loikko | loikot |
| gen. | loikon | ||
| genitive | loikon | loikkojen | |
| partitive | loikkoa | loikkoja | |
| inessive | loikossa | loikoissa | |
| elative | loikosta | loikoista | |
| illative | loikkoon | loikkoihin | |
| adessive | loikolla | loikoilla | |
| ablative | loikolta | loikoilta | |
| allative | loikolle | loikoille | |
| essive | loikkona | loikkoina | |
| translative | loikoksi | loikoiksi | |
| abessive | loikotta | loikoitta | |
| instructive | — | loikoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||