Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/alto
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚨᛚᛞᛟ (*aldo), from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ, whence Old Norse alda (“wave”).
Noun
[edit]*alto
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *alto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *alto | *aldot | |
| accusative | *aldon | *aldot | |
| genitive | *aldon | *altodën *altoidën | |
| partitive | *altoda | *altoida | |
| inessive | *aldossa *aldohna |
*aldoissa *aldoihna | |
| elative | *aldosta | *aldoista | |
| illative | *altohën | *altoihën | |
| adessive | *aldolla | *aldoilla | |
| ablative | *aldolta | *aldoilta | |
| allative | *altolën *altolëk |
*altoilën *altoilëk | |
| essive | *altona | *altoina | |
| translative | *aldoksi | *aldoiksi | |
| instructive | *aldon | *aldoin | |
| comitative | *altonëk | *altoinëk | |
| abessive | *aldotta | *aldoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) ald
- Finnish: aalto, (dialectal) alto
- Ingrian: alto
- Karelian:
- Livvi: aldo
- Ludian: aldo
- Veps: ald