Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëtva

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

According to EES, sound-symbolic.[1]

Adjective

*lëtva[2]

  1. limp, flaccid, flabby, soft

Inflection

Inflection of *lëtva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëtva *lëtvat
accusative *lëtvan *lëtvat
genitive *lëtvan *lëtvadën
*lëtvoidën
partitive *lëtvada *lëtvoida
inessive *lëtvassa
*lëtvahna 		*lëtvoissa
*lëtvoihna
elative *lëtvasta *lëtvoista
illative *lëtvahën *lëtvoihën
adessive *lëtvalla *lëtvoilla
ablative *lëtvalta *lëtvoilta
allative *lëtvalën
*lëtvalëk 		*lëtvoilën
*lëtvoilëk
essive *lëtvana *lëtvoina
translative *lëtvaksi *lëtvoiksi
instructive *lëtvan *lëtvoin
comitative *lëtvanëk *lëtvoinëk
abessive *lëtvatta *lëtvoitta

Descendants

From *lëtva:

  • Estonian: lõtv
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) ⇒ letvakka
  • Võro: lõtv

From *letvä:

  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) lelvä

References

  1. ^ “lõtv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lEtvA”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
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