Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salo

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 a Baltic source related to Latvian sala and Lithuanian sala (“island”) or otherwise connected to this root. Related to Proto-Samic *suolōj.

Noun

*salo

1. island

   Synonym: *saari

2. forest

   Synonym: *meccä

Inflection

Inflection of *salo

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*salo	*salot
accusative		*salon	*salot
genitive		*salon	*salodën *saloidën
partitive		*saloda	*saloida
inessive		*salossa *salohna	*saloissa *saloihna
elative		*salosta	*saloista
illative		*salohën	*saloihën
adessive		*salolla	*saloilla
ablative		*salolta	*saloilta
allative		*salolën *salolëk	*saloilën *saloilëk
essive		*salona	*saloina
translative		*saloksi	*saloiksi
instructive		*salon	*saloin
comitative		*salonëk	*saloinëk
abessive		*salotta	*saloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: salu
• Finnish: salo
• Karelian: salo