Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laita

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laidō.

Noun

*laita

1. route, way, direction

Inflection

Inflection of *laita

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*laita	*laidat
accusative		*laidan	*laidat
genitive		*laidan	*laitadën *laitoidën
partitive		*laitada	*laitoida
inessive		*laidassa *laidahna	*laidoissa *laidoihna
elative		*laidasta	*laidoista
illative		*laitahën	*laitoihën
adessive		*laidalla	*laidoilla
ablative		*laidalta	*laidoilta
allative		*laitalën *laitalëk	*laitoilën *laitoilëk
essive		*laitana	*laitoina
translative		*laidaksi	*laidoiksi
instructive		*laidan	*laidoin
comitative		*laitanëk	*laitoinëk
abessive		*laidatta	*laidoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) ⇒ laide
• Finnish: laita
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: laita
  • South Karelian: laida
• Livonian: lāida
• Veps: laid

Etymology 2

Probably shift from Etymology 1.

Noun

*laita

1. edge, side
2. board, sideboard (of a boat, ship)

Inflection

Inflection of *laita

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*laita	*laidat
accusative		*laidan	*laidat
genitive		*laidan	*laitadën *laitoidën
partitive		*laitada	*laitoida
inessive		*laidassa *laidahna	*laidoissa *laidoihna
elative		*laidasta	*laidoista
illative		*laitahën	*laitoihën
adessive		*laidalla	*laidoilla
ablative		*laidalta	*laidoilta
allative		*laitalën *laitalëk	*laitoilën *laitoilëk
essive		*laitana	*laitoina
translative		*laidaksi	*laidoiksi
instructive		*laidan	*laidoin
comitative		*laitanëk	*laitoinëk
abessive		*laidatta	*laidoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: laid
  • → Latvian: laides
• Finnish: laita
  • → Northern Sami: láidi
• Ingrian: laita
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: laita
  • South Karelian: laida
• Livvi: laidu
• Ludian: laid
• Veps: laid
• Võro: laid
• Votic: laitõ

Further reading

• “laid”, 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), “laita”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN