Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/loodëh

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

Unclear. Possibly related to Etymology 2 (something that has been proposed especially in light of the Germanic etymology for it), but the semantics are questionable. An alternative explanation has supposed a semantic shift “descending, falling” → “the direction sun sets in” → “(north)west”, in which case the word may be derived from a verb *loota- (“to descend, fall”) (possibly from *loo-), but such a verb is entirely hypothetical.

Noun

*loodëh[1]

  1. northwest-west

Inflection

Inflection of *loodëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *loodëh *lootëhët
accusative *lootëhën *lootëhët
genitive *lootëhën *loodëhtën
*lootëhidën
partitive *loodëhta *lootëhita
inessive *lootëhëssa
*lootëhëhna 		*lootëhissa
*lootëhihna
elative *lootëhësta *lootëhista
illative *lootëhësën *lootëhisën
adessive *lootëhëlla *lootëhilla
ablative *lootëhëlta *lootëhilta
allative *lootëhëlën
*lootëhëlëk 		*lootëhilën
*lootëhilëk
essive *lootëhëna *lootëhina
translative *lootëhëksi *lootëhiksi
instructive *lootëhën *lootëhin
comitative *lootëhënëk *lootëhinëk
abessive *lootëhëtta *lootëhitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: loe
  • Finnish: luode
  • Ingrian: loovve
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: luuveh
    • South Karelian: luuveh
  • Livonian: lūod
  • Ludian: luodeh
  • Veps: lode, lodeh
  • Votic: looõ

References

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

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *flōduz +‎ *-ëh

Noun

*loodëh

  1. flood; flow (rising tide)

Inflection

Inflection of *loodëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *loodëh *lootëhët
accusative *lootëhën *lootëhët
genitive *lootëhën *loodëhtën
*lootëhidën
partitive *loodëhta *lootëhita
inessive *lootëhëssa
*lootëhëhna 		*lootëhissa
*lootëhihna
elative *lootëhësta *lootëhista
illative *lootëhësën *lootëhisën
adessive *lootëhëlla *lootëhilla
ablative *lootëhëlta *lootëhilta
allative *lootëhëlën
*lootëhëlëk 		*lootëhilën
*lootëhilëk
essive *lootëhëna *lootëhina
translative *lootëhëksi *lootëhiksi
instructive *lootëhën *lootëhin
comitative *lootëhënëk *lootëhinëk
abessive *lootëhëtta *lootëhitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: looded pl, (dialectal) loe
  • Finnish: luode
  • Ingrian: loovve
    • → Votic: lootõd

Further reading

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