Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mooto
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mōta, whence Old Norse mót (“appearance, mark, manner”) and Old Swedish mōt (“mold, cast, mark, appearance”).
Noun[edit]
*mooto
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *mooto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *mooto | *moodot | |
accusative | *moodon | *moodot | |
genitive | *moodon | *mootodën *mootoidën | |
partitive | *mootoda | *mootoida | |
inessive | *moodossa *moodohna |
*moodoissa *moodoihna | |
elative | *moodosta | *moodoista | |
illative | *mootohën | *mootoihën | |
adessive | *moodolla | *moodoilla | |
ablative | *moodolta | *moodoilta | |
allative | *mootolën *mootolëk |
*mootoilën *mootoilëk | |
essive | *mootona | *mootoina | |
translative | *moodoksi | *moodoiksi | |
instructive | *moodon | *moodoin | |
comitative | *mootonëk | *mootoinëk | |
abessive | *moodotta | *moodoitta |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: (archaic, dialectal) mood
- Finnish: muoto
- Ingrian: mooto
- Karelian:
- Livvi: muodo
- Veps: mod
- Võro: muud
- → Proto-Samic: *muotō (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- “moondama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012