Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëka
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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]
Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *lēgā (later *lēgō), whence also Middle Dutch lage (“trap, snare”). Doublet of *lëëko and possibly also *laho
Noun[edit]
*lëëka[1]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *lëëka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lëëka | *lëëgat | |
| accusative | *lëëgan | *lëëgat | |
| genitive | *lëëgan | *lëëkadën *lëëkoidën | |
| partitive | *lëëkada | *lëëkoida | |
| inessive | *lëëgassa *lëëgahna |
*lëëgoissa *lëëgoihna | |
| elative | *lëëgasta | *lëëgoista | |
| illative | *lëëkahën | *lëëkoihën | |
| adessive | *lëëgalla | *lëëgoilla | |
| ablative | *lëëgalta | *lëëgoilta | |
| allative | *lëëkalën *lëëkalëk |
*lëëkoilën *lëëkoilëk | |
| essive | *lëëkana | *lëëkoina | |
| translative | *lëëgaksi | *lëëgoiksi | |
| instructive | *lëëgan | *lëëgoin | |
| comitative | *lëëkanëk | *lëëkoinëk | |
| abessive | *lëëgatta | *lëëgoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: lõõg
- Finnish: lieka
- Ingrian: leeka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: liegu
- Veps: leg
- Võro: lyig
- Votic: lõõkõ
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lõõg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012