< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic

Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viltto

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

Sound-symbolic.

Adjective

*viltto[1]

  1. askew, slanted
  2. crooked

Inflection
Inflection of *viltto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *viltto *vilt'ot
accusative *vilt'on *vilt'ot
genitive *vilt'on *vilttodën
*vilttoidën
partitive *vilttoda *vilttoida
inessive *vilt'ossa
*vilt'ohna		 *vilt'oissa
*vilt'oihna
elative *vilt'osta *vilt'oista
illative *vilttohën *vilttoihën
adessive *vilt'olla *vilt'oilla
ablative *vilt'olta *vilt'oilta
allative *vilttolën
*vilttolëk		 *vilttoilën
*vilttoilëk
essive *vilttona *vilttoina
translative *vilt'oksi *vilt'oiksi
instructive *vilt'on *vilt'oin
comitative *vilttonëk *vilttoinëk
abessive *vilt'otta *vilt'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ⇒ viltu, viltune
  • Finnish: (dialectal) viltto
  • Võro: ⇒ vildak

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*viltto”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “viltu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.