Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanci

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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]

From Proto-Uralic *lënte.

Noun[edit]

*lanci

  1. lowland, wetland

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: laas (old-growth forest)
  • Finnish: (dialectal, obsolete) lansi (lowland, wetland), lannistaa
  • Livonian: lǭņtš (lowland forest)
  • Võro: laan' (old-growth forest)

Further reading[edit]

  • laas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #455 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.