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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laito

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

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *slaid- (whence Latvian slaids and Lithuanian šlaitas) or, alternatively, derived from *laita.

Adjective

*laito

  1. shallow (of water)

Noun

*laito

  1. shallow, wash
  2. bank, sandbank

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: laid
  • Finnish: laito
  • Livonian: laid

Further reading

  • laid in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), laito”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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