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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mooto

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mōta, whence Old Norse mót (“appearance, mark, manner”) and Old Swedish mōt (“mold, cast, mark, appearance”).

Noun

*mooto

  1. shape, form
  2. appearance, face
  3. manner, way

Inflection
Inflection of *mooto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *mooto *moodot
accusative *moodon *moodot
genitive *moodon *mootodën
*mootoidën
partitive *mootoda *mootoida
inessive *moodossa
*moodohna		 *moodoissa
*moodoihna
elative *moodosta *moodoista
illative *mootohën *mootoihën
adessive *moodolla *moodoilla
ablative *moodolta *moodoilta
allative *mootolën
*mootolëk		 *mootoilën
*mootoilëk
essive *mootona *mootoina
translative *moodoksi *moodoiksi
instructive *moodon *moodoin
comitative *mootonëk *mootoinëk
abessive *moodotta *moodoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (archaic, dialectal) mood
  • Finnish: muoto
  • Ingrian: mooto
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: muodo
  • Veps: mod
  • Võro: muud
  • → Proto-Samic: *muotō (see there for further descendants)

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