Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëka

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

Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *lēgā (later *lēgō), whence also Middle Dutch lage (“trap, snare”). Doublet of *lëëko and possibly also *laho

Noun

*lëëka[1]

  1. tether

Inflection

Inflection of *lëëka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëëka *lëëgat
accusative *lëëgan *lëëgat
genitive *lëëgan *lëëkadën
*lëëkoidën
partitive *lëëkada *lëëkoida
inessive *lëëgassa
*lëëgahna 		*lëëgoissa
*lëëgoihna
elative *lëëgasta *lëëgoista
illative *lëëkahën *lëëkoihën
adessive *lëëgalla *lëëgoilla
ablative *lëëgalta *lëëgoilta
allative *lëëkalën
*lëëkalëk 		*lëëkoilën
*lëëkoilëk
essive *lëëkana *lëëkoina
translative *lëëgaksi *lëëgoiksi
instructive *lëëgan *lëëgoin
comitative *lëëkanëk *lëëkoinëk
abessive *lëëgatta *lëëgoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõõg
  • Finnish: lieka
  • Ingrian: leeka
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: liegu
  • Veps: leg
  • Võro: lyig
  • Votic: lõõkõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lëëka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “lõõg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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