Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nato
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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]From Proto-Uralic *nataw.
Noun
[edit]*nato[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nato
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nato | *nadot | |
| accusative | *nadon | *nadot | |
| genitive | *nadon | *natodën *natoidën | |
| partitive | *natoda | *natoida | |
| inessive | *nadossa *nadohna |
*nadoissa *nadoihna | |
| elative | *nadosta | *nadoista | |
| illative | *natohën | *natoihën | |
| adessive | *nadolla | *nadoilla | |
| ablative | *nadolta | *nadoilta | |
| allative | *natolën *natolëk |
*natoilën *natoilëk | |
| essive | *natona | *natoina | |
| translative | *nadoksi | *nadoiksi | |
| instructive | *nadon | *nadoin | |
| comitative | *natonëk | *natoinëk | |
| abessive | *nadotta | *nadoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: nadu
- Finnish: nato
- Ingrian: nato
- Karelian: (Northern) nato, (Southern) nado
- Livvi: nado
- Ludian: nado
- Veps: nado
- Võro: nado
- Votic: nato
References
[edit]- “nadu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN