Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëivo

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 Proto-Germanic *laiwaz.

Noun

*lëivo[1]

  1. lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
    Synonym: *kiuru

Inflection

Inflection of *lëivo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëivo *lëivot
accusative *lëivon *lëivot
genitive *lëivon *lëivodën
*lëivoidën
partitive *lëivoda *lëivoida
inessive *lëivossa
*lëivohna 		*lëivoissa
*lëivoihna
elative *lëivosta *lëivoista
illative *lëivohën *lëivoihën
adessive *lëivolla *lëivoilla
ablative *lëivolta *lëivoilta
allative *lëivolën
*lëivolëk 		*lëivoilën
*lëivoilëk
essive *lëivona *lëivoina
translative *lëivoksi *lëivoiksi
instructive *lëivon *lëivoin
comitative *lëivonëk *lëivoinëk
abessive *lëivotta *lëivoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: lõo, lõoke
  • Finnish: leivo
  • Võro: lõiv

References

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

Further reading

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