Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pato

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

From Proto-Uralic *padaw.[1] Cognate with Proto-Samic *puoδō.

Noun

*pato[2]

  1. dam
  2. fishweir

Inflection

Inflection of *pato
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pato *padot
accusative *padon *padot
genitive *padon *patodën
*patoidën
partitive *patoda *patoida
inessive *padossa
*padohna 		*padoissa
*padoihna
elative *padosta *padoista
illative *patohën *patoihën
adessive *padolla *padoilla
ablative *padolta *padoilta
allative *patolën
*patolëk 		*patoilën
*patoilëk
essive *patona *patoina
translative *padoksi *padoiksi
instructive *padon *padoin
comitative *patonëk *patoinëk
abessive *padotta *padoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: pato
  • Karelian: pato, pado
  • Livvi: pado
  • Veps: pado

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “pato”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pato”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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