Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liko
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly derived from *lika (“dirt, filth”).
Noun[edit]
*liko
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *liko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liko | *ligot | |
| accusative | *ligon | *ligot | |
| genitive | *ligon | *likodën *likoidën | |
| partitive | *likoda | *likoida | |
| inessive | *ligossa *ligohna |
*ligoissa *ligoihna | |
| elative | *ligosta | *ligoista | |
| illative | *likohën | *likoihën | |
| adessive | *ligolla | *ligoilla | |
| ablative | *ligolta | *ligoilta | |
| allative | *likolën *likolëk |
*likoilën *likoilëk | |
| essive | *likona | *likoina | |
| translative | *ligoksi | *ligoiksi | |
| instructive | *ligon | *ligoin | |
| comitative | *likonëk | *likoinëk | |
| abessive | *ligotta | *ligoitta | |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: ligu
- Finnish: liko
- Ingrian: liko
- Karelian: (Northern) liko, (Southern) ligo
- Livvi: ligo
- Ludian: ligo
- Veps: ligo
- Võro: ligo
- Votic: (Mati) liko
Further reading[edit]
- “ligu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012