Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leevä

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

Adjective

*leevä

1. (of weather) mild, temperate

Descendants

• Estonian: (obsolete) leev, leeb

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly but not certainly a semantic development from etymology 1.

Adjective

*leevä (Northern Finnic)

1. (of yarn) lightly twisted or spun
2. mild, weak

Descendants

• Finnish: lievä
• Ingrian: lievä
• Karelian: lievä
• Ludian: ľiev
• Veps: lev, leb

Related terms

• *leepedä

References

• “leebe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN