Derived in some way from dialectal potti (“puddle”) (the modern meaning is through military slang), from dialectal Swedish pått (compare Norwegian pytt, German Pfütze), from Latin puteus (“pit, well”).
potero
| Inflection of potero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | potero | poterot | ||
| genitive | poteron | poterojen poteroiden poteroitten | ||
| partitive | poteroa | poteroja poteroita | ||
| illative | poteroon | poteroihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | potero | poterot | ||
| accusative | nom. | potero | poterot | |
| gen. | poteron | |||
| genitive | poteron | poterojen poteroiden poteroitten | ||
| partitive | poteroa | poteroja poteroita | ||
| inessive | poterossa | poteroissa | ||
| elative | poterosta | poteroista | ||
| illative | poteroon | poteroihin | ||
| adessive | poterolla | poteroilla | ||
| ablative | poterolta | poteroilta | ||
| allative | poterolle | poteroille | ||
| essive | poterona | poteroina | ||
| translative | poteroksi | poteroiksi | ||
| abessive | poterotta | poteroitta | ||
| instructive | — | poteroin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
poterō