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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/looto
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flōdō (whence Norwegian Nynorsk flu and Old Norse flúð (“low skerry”)).
Noun
*looto
- skerry, islet
Inflection
Inflection of *looto
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *looto | *loodot | |
| accusative | *loodon | *loodot | |
| genitive | *loodon | *lootoden *lootoiden | |
| partitive | *lootoda | *lootoida | |
| inessive | *loodossa | *loodoissa | |
| elative | *loodosta | *loodoista | |
| illative | *lootohen | *lootoihen | |
| adessive | *loodolla | *loodoilla | |
| ablative | *loodolta | *loodoilta | |
| allative | *lootolen | *lootoilen | |
| essive | *lootona | *lootoina | |
| translative | *loodoksi | *loodoiksi | |
| instructive | *loodon | *loodoin | |
| comitative | *lootonek | *lootoinek | |
| abessive | *loodokta | *loodoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lood
- Finnish: luoto
- Ingrian: looto
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: luoto
- South Karelian: luodo
- Livvi: luodo
- Ludian: luod
- Veps: lodo
- Votic: looto
- → Inari Sami: luátu
- → Northern Sami: luohtu
- → Russian: луда (luda)
- → Skolt Sami: luâtt
Further reading
- lood in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “luoto”, 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