Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/looto

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 edit

Etymology edit

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flōdō (whence Norwegian Nynorsk flu and Old Norse flúð (low skerry)).

Noun edit

*looto

  1. skerry, islet

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: lood
  • Finnish: luoto
  • Ingrian: looto
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: luodo
  • Ludian: luod
  • Veps: lodo
  • Votic: looto
  • Inari Sami: luátu
  • Northern Sami: luohtu
  • Russian: луда (luda)
  • Skolt Sami: luâtt

Further reading edit

  • lood”, 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), “luoto”, 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