Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/luuta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian slota and Lithuanian šluota).

Noun

*luuta

1. broom

Inflection

Inflection of *luuta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*luuta	*luudat
accusative		*luudan	*luudat
genitive		*luudan	*luutadën *luutëidën
partitive		*luutada	*luutëida
inessive		*luudassa *luudahna	*luudëissa *luudëihna
elative		*luudasta	*luudëista
illative		*luutahën	*luutëihën
adessive		*luudalla	*luudëilla
ablative		*luudalta	*luudëilta
allative		*luutalën *luutalëk	*luutëilën *luutëilëk
essive		*luutana	*luutëina
translative		*luudaksi	*luudëiksi
instructive		*luudan	*luudëin
comitative		*luutanëk	*luutëinëk
abessive		*luudatta	*luudëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: luud
• Finnish: luuta
  • → Northern Sami: luvdá
• Ingrian: luuta
• Livonian: lūdõ
• Livvi: ⇒ luuvata
• Ludian: luud
• Veps: lud
• Võro: luud
• Votic: lootõ, luutõ

Further reading

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