Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/patto

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

Unknown.

Noun

*patto[1]

  1. crime, sin

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: patt
  • Finnish: patto (dialectal)
  • Livonian: pat
  • Livvi: patto
  • Võro: patt
  • Votic:
    • Krevinian: pattu

References

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

Further reading

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