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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanto

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

Uncertain. From earlier *lanta-w, possibly related to or derived from *lanci.

Noun

*lanto

  1. low-lying, watery terrain, pond

Inflection
Inflection of *lanto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lanto *landot
accusative *landon *landot
genitive *landon *lantodën
*lantoidën
partitive *lantoda *lantoida
inessive *landossa
*landohna		 *landoissa
*landoihna
elative *landosta *landoista
illative *lantohën *lantoihën
adessive *landolla *landoilla
ablative *landolta *landoilta
allative *lantolën
*lantolëk		 *lantoilën
*lantoilëk
essive *lantona *lantoina
translative *landoksi *landoiksi
instructive *landon *landoin
comitative *lantonëk *lantoinëk
abessive *landotta *landoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) lanto
  • Livonian: land
  • Võro: land
  • → Proto-Samic: *lāntō (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lansi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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