Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lautta

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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flauta- (compare Proto-Germanic *flautijaną).

Noun

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*lautta

  1. raft
    Synonym: *parvi
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Finnish: lautta
  • Karelian: lautta
  • Livvi: lauttu
  • Ludian: laut
  • Veps: laut

From *lautti:

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lautō (whence Icelandic laut, dialectal Swedish löt (pasture)).

Noun

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*lautta

  1. barn (for animals)
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Further reading

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  • laut”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012