Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lato

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-Norse *ᚺᛚᚨᚦᛟ (*hlaþō) (whence Old Norse hlaða and Swedish lada).

Noun

*lato[1]

  1. barn, hayshed (unheated building used for storage of hay and similar)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ladu
  • Finnish: lato
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lato
    • South Karelian: lado
  • Võro: lado
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Kattila, Pummala) lato

Further reading

  • ladu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lato”, 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

References

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