Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/latva
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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]Unknown. Possibly related to Erzya лато (lato, “shed”), perhaps through an original meaning "shelter".
Noun
[edit]*latva
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *latva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *latva | *latvat | |
| accusative | *latvan | *latvat | |
| genitive | *latvan | *latvadën *latvoidën | |
| partitive | *latvada | *latvoida | |
| inessive | *latvassa *latvahna |
*latvoissa *latvoihna | |
| elative | *latvasta | *latvoista | |
| illative | *latvahën | *latvoihën | |
| adessive | *latvalla | *latvoilla | |
| ablative | *latvalta | *latvoilta | |
| allative | *latvalën *latvalëk |
*latvoilën *latvoilëk | |
| essive | *latvana | *latvoina | |
| translative | *latvaksi | *latvoiksi | |
| instructive | *latvan | *latvoin | |
| comitative | *latvanëk | *latvoinëk | |
| abessive | *latvatta | *latvoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: latv
- Finnish: latva
- Ingrian: latva
- Karelian: latva, ladva
- Livonian: ladā
- Livvi: ladvu
- Ludian: ladv
- Veps: ladv
- Võro: latv, ladõv, ladyv'
- Votic: ladvõ
- → Proto-Samic: *lāδvē
Further reading
[edit]- “latv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012