From Proto-Finnic *outo. Cognate with Estonian õud, õudne, Karelian outo.
outo (comparative oudompi, superlative oudoin)
| Inflection of outo (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | outo | oudot | |
| genitive | oudon | outojen | |
| partitive | outoa | outoja | |
| illative | outoon | outoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | outo | oudot | |
| accusative | nom. | outo | oudot |
| gen. | oudon | ||
| genitive | oudon | outojen | |
| partitive | outoa | outoja | |
| inessive | oudossa | oudoissa | |
| elative | oudosta | oudoista | |
| illative | outoon | outoihin | |
| adessive | oudolla | oudoilla | |
| ablative | oudolta | oudoilta | |
| allative | oudolle | oudoille | |
| essive | outona | outoina | |
| translative | oudoksi | oudoiksi | |
| abessive | oudotta | oudoitta | |
| instructive | — | oudoin | |
| comitative | — | outoine | |
From Old Galician-Portuguese outo, only documented in place names, from Latin altus; replaced already during the Middle Ages by alto, probably a learned form. Cognate of Old Spanish oto which was also preserved in toponyms and in a few derived words as otear (“to watch from a high place”).[1]
outo (feminine outa, masculine plural outos, feminine plural outas)