Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laita

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

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laidō.

    Noun

    *laita[1]

    1. route, way, direction
    Inflection
    Inflection of *laita
    Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
    singular plural
    nominative *laita *laidat
    accusative *laidan *laidat
    genitive *laidan *laitadën
    *laitoidën
    partitive *laitada *laitoida
    inessive *laidassa
    *laidahna     		*laidoissa
    *laidoihna
    elative *laidasta *laidoista
    illative *laitahën *laitoihën
    adessive *laidalla *laidoilla
    ablative *laidalta *laidoilta
    allative *laitalën
    *laitalëk     		*laitoilën
    *laitoilëk
    essive *laitana *laitoina
    translative *laidaksi *laidoiksi
    instructive *laidan *laidoin
    comitative *laitanëk *laitoinëk
    abessive *laidatta *laidoitta
    Descendants
    • Estonian: (dialectal) ⇒ laide
    • Finnish: laita
    • Karelian:
    • Livonian: lāida
    • Veps: laid

    Etymology 2

      Probably shift from Etymology 1.

      Noun

      *laita

      1. edge, side
      2. board, sideboard (of a boat, ship)
      Inflection
      Inflection of *laita
      Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
      singular plural
      nominative *laita *laidat
      accusative *laidan *laidat
      genitive *laidan *laitadën
      *laitoidën
      partitive *laitada *laitoida
      inessive *laidassa
      *laidahna       		*laidoissa
      *laidoihna
      elative *laidasta *laidoista
      illative *laitahën *laitoihën
      adessive *laidalla *laidoilla
      ablative *laidalta *laidoilta
      allative *laitalën
      *laitalëk       		*laitoilën
      *laitoilëk
      essive *laitana *laitoina
      translative *laidaksi *laidoiksi
      instructive *laidan *laidoin
      comitative *laitanëk *laitoinëk
      abessive *laidatta *laidoitta
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*laita”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

      Further reading

      • “laid”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “laita”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[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
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