Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/utu

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-GermanicCategory:Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic#UTUCategory:Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UTU *ūdą (whence Icelandic úði).[1]

Noun

*utuCategory:Proto-Finnic lemmas#UTUCategory:Proto-Finnic nouns#UTUCategory:Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header#UTUCategory:Pages with entries#UTUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#UTU[2]

  1. fog, mist, haze

Inflection

Category:Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded#UTU

Descendants

References

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

Further reading

  • udu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “utu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Category:urj-fin-pro:Weather#UTU
Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Proto-Finnic lemmas Category:Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded Category:Proto-Finnic nouns Category:Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic Category:Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:urj-fin-pro:Weather