Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lautta

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 *flauta- (compare Proto-Germanic *flautijaną).

    Noun

    *lautta

    1. raft
      Synonym: *parvi
    Inflection
    Descendants
    • Finnish: lautta
    • Karelian: lautta
    • Livvi: lauttu
    • Ludian: laut
    • Veps: laut

    From *lautti:

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lautō (whence Icelandic laut, dialectal Swedish löt (pasture)).

      Noun

      *lautta

      1. barn (for animals)
      Inflection
      Descendants

      Further reading

      • laut”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012