Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mooto
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, whence Old Norse mót (“appearance, mark, manner”) and Old Swedish mōt (“mold, cast, mark, appearance”).
Noun
*mooto[1]
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)
References
Further reading
- “moondama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012