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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mooto
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mōta, whence Old Norse mót (“appearance, mark, manner”) and Old Swedish mōt (“mold, cast, mark, appearance”).
Noun
*mooto
- shape, form
- appearance
- manner, way
Inflection
Inflection of *mooto
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mooto | *moodot | |
| accusative | *moodon | *moodot | |
| genitive | *moodon | *mootoden *mootoiden | |
| partitive | *mootoda | *mootoida | |
| inessive | *moodossa | *moodoissa | |
| elative | *moodosta | *moodoista | |
| illative | *mootohen | *mootoihen | |
| adessive | *moodolla | *moodoilla | |
| ablative | *moodolta | *moodoilta | |
| allative | *mootolek | *mootoilek | |
| essive | *mootona | *mootoina | |
| translative | *moodoksi | *moodoiksi | |
| instructive | *moodon | *moodoin | |
| comitative | *mootonek | *mootoinek | |
| abessive | *moodokta | *moodoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (archaic, dialectal) mood
- Finnish: muoto
- Ingrian: moodo
- Karelian: muoto, muodo
- Livvi: muodo
- Veps: mod
- Võro: muud
References
- moondama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN