Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mooto

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-Germanic *mōtą, whence Old Norse mót (“appearance, mark, manner”) and Old Swedish mōt (“mold, cast, mark, appearance”).

Noun

*mooto

1. shape, form
2. appearance, face
3. manner, way

Inflection

Inflection of *mooto

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mooto	*moodot
accusative		*moodon	*moodot
genitive		*moodon	*mootodën *mootoidën
partitive		*mootoda	*mootoida
inessive		*moodossa *moodohna	*moodoissa *moodoihna
elative		*moodosta	*moodoista
illative		*mootohën	*mootoihën
adessive		*moodolla	*moodoilla
ablative		*moodolta	*moodoilta
allative		*mootolën *mootolëk	*mootoilën *mootoilëk
essive		*mootona	*mootoina
translative		*moodoksi	*moodoiksi
instructive		*moodon	*moodoin
comitative		*mootonëk	*mootoinëk
abessive		*moodotta	*moodoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (archaic, dialectal) mood
• Finnish: muoto
• Ingrian: mooto
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: muoto
  • South Karelian: muodo
• Livvi: muodo
• Veps: mod
• Võro: muud
• → Proto-Samic: *muotō (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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