Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kato

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 *katodak +‎ *-o.

Noun

*kato

1. loss
2. destruction, ruin

   Synonym: *hukka, *tuho

Inflection

Inflection of *kato

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kato	*kadot
accusative		*kadon	*kadot
genitive		*kadon	*katodën *katoidën
partitive		*katoda	*katoida
inessive		*kadossa *kadohna	*kadoissa *kadoihna
elative		*kadosta	*kadoista
illative		*katohën	*katoihën
adessive		*kadolla	*kadoilla
ablative		*kadolta	*kadoilta
allative		*katolën *katolëk	*katoilën *katoilëk
essive		*katona	*katoina
translative		*kadoksi	*kadoiksi
instructive		*kadon	*kadoin
comitative		*katonëk	*katoinëk
abessive		*kadotta	*kadoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kadu
• Finnish: kato
• Karelian: (Northern) kato, (Southern) kado
• Livvi: kado
• Võro: kado
• Votic: (Rudja) kato

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kadota”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN