Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laito

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

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *slaid- (whence Latvian slaids and Lithuanian šlaitas) or, alternatively, derived from *laita.

Adjective

*laito

1. shallow (of water)

Noun

*laito

1. shallow, wash
2. bank, sandbank

Inflection

Inflection of *laito

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*laito	*laidot
accusative		*laidon	*laidot
genitive		*laidon	*laitodën *laitoidën
partitive		*laitoda	*laitoida
inessive		*laidossa *laidohna	*laidoissa *laidoihna
elative		*laidosta	*laidoista
illative		*laitohën	*laitoihën
adessive		*laidolla	*laidoilla
ablative		*laidolta	*laidoilta
allative		*laitolën *laitolëk	*laitoilën *laitoilëk
essive		*laitona	*laitoina
translative		*laidoksi	*laidoiksi
instructive		*laidon	*laidoin
comitative		*laitonëk	*laitoinëk
abessive		*laidotta	*laidoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: laid
• Finnish: laito
• Livonian: laid

Further reading

• “laid”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laito”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN