Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viltto

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

Sound-symbolic.

Adjective

*viltto

1. askew, slanted
2. crooked

Inflection

Inflection of *viltto

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*viltto	*vilt'ot
accusative		*vilt'on	*vilt'ot
genitive		*vilt'on	*vilttodën *vilttoidën
partitive		*vilttoda	*vilttoida
inessive		*vilt'ossa *vilt'ohna	*vilt'oissa *vilt'oihna
elative		*vilt'osta	*vilt'oista
illative		*vilttohën	*vilttoihën
adessive		*vilt'olla	*vilt'oilla
ablative		*vilt'olta	*vilt'oilta
allative		*vilttolën *vilttolëk	*vilttoilën *vilttoilëk
essive		*vilttona	*vilttoina
translative		*vilt'oksi	*vilt'oiksi
instructive		*vilt'on	*vilt'oin
comitative		*vilttonëk	*vilttoinëk
abessive		*vilt'otta	*vilt'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ⇒ viltu, viltune
• Finnish: (dialectal) viltto
• Võro: ⇒ vildak

Further reading

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