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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laito
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *slaid- (whence Latvian slaids and Lithuanian šlaitas) or, alternatively, derived from *laita.
Adjective
*laito
- shallow (of water)
Noun
*laito
- shallow, wash
- bank, sandbank
Inflection
Inflection of *laito
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *laito | *laidot | |
accusative | *laidon | *laidot | |
genitive | *laidon | *laitoden *laitoiden | |
partitive | *laitoda | *laitoida | |
inessive | *laidossa | *laidoissa | |
elative | *laidosta | *laidoista | |
illative | *laitohen | *laitoihen | |
adessive | *laidolla | *laidoilla | |
ablative | *laidolta | *laidoilta | |
allative | *laitolen | *laitoilen | |
essive | *laitona | *laitoina | |
translative | *laidoksi | *laidoiksi | |
instructive | *laidon | *laidoin | |
comitative | *laitonek | *laitoinek | |
abessive | *laidokta | *laidoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: laid
- Finnish: laito
- Livonian: laid
Further reading
- laid in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laito”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN