From Proto-Finnic *raato (compare Ingrian raato, Karelian roato), borrowed from Proto-Norse (*brāđō) (compare Swedish bråd (“piece of meat”)), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô.
raato
| Inflection of raato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | raato | raadot | |
| genitive | raadon | raatojen | |
| partitive | raatoa | raatoja | |
| illative | raatoon | raatoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raato | raadot | |
| accusative | nom. | raato | raadot |
| gen. | raadon | ||
| genitive | raadon | raatojen | |
| partitive | raatoa | raatoja | |
| inessive | raadossa | raadoissa | |
| elative | raadosta | raadoista | |
| illative | raatoon | raatoihin | |
| adessive | raadolla | raadoilla | |
| ablative | raadolta | raadoilta | |
| allative | raadolle | raadoille | |
| essive | raatona | raatoina | |
| translative | raadoksi | raadoiksi | |
| abessive | raadotta | raadoitta | |
| instructive | — | raadoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *raato.
raato
| Declension of raato (type II/võrkko, t- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | raato | raaod |
| genitive | raao | raatojõ, raatoi |
| partitive | raatoa | raatoitõ, raatoi |
| illative | raatosõ, raato | raatoisõ |
| inessive | raaoz | raatoiz |
| elative | raaossõ | raatoissõ |
| allative | raaolõ | raatoilõ |
| adessive | raaollõ | raatoillõ |
| ablative | raaoltõ | raatoiltõ |
| translative | raaossi | raatoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||