Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leeci
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Proposed to be an old borrowing from Proto-Germanic *slēdaz or *slēdiz, reflected in Old High German slāt (German Schlot (“chimney”)); however, this is uncertain, as no other Germanic cognates of this word are known.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*leeci[3]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *leeci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *leeci | *leedet | |
| accusative | *leeden | *leedet | |
| genitive | *leeden | *leet'en *leeciden | |
| partitive | *leettä | *leecidä | |
| inessive | *leedessä *leedehnä |
*leecissä *leecihnä | |
| elative | *leedestä | *leecistä | |
| illative | *leetehen | *leecihen | |
| adessive | *leedellä | *leecillä | |
| ablative | *leedeltä | *leeciltä | |
| allative | *leetelen *leetelek |
*leecilen *leecilek | |
| essive | *leennä | *leecinä | |
| translative | *leedeksi | *leeciksi | |
| instructive | *leeden | *leecin | |
| comitative | *leennek | *leecinek | |
| abessive | *leedettä | *leecittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: lee
- Finnish: liesi
- Ingrian: leesi
- Karelian:
- ⇒ South Karelian: (dialectal) liijos
- ⇒ Livonian: līedõg
- Veps: lezi
- Votic: (Central Votic) leesi
References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D., Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa, Hofstra, Tette, Nikkilä, Otto, editors (1991–2012), “liesi”, in Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen (in German), Amsterdam: Rodopi
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), “liesi”, in Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*leeci”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- “lee”, 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), “liesi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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
