Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ländikkoi

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

From *läntä ("linden") +‎ *-(i)kkoi, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian lenta).

Noun

*ländikkoi

  1. wooden container; vat, pail

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lännik
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) lännikkö
  • Ingrian: lännikko
  • Võro: länik, lännik
  • Votic: lännikko

Further reading

  • lännik”, 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), “lännikkö”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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