Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laihna
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laihną.
Noun
*laihna[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *laihna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laihna | *laihnat | |
| accusative | *laihnan | *laihnat | |
| genitive | *laihnan | *laihnadën *laihnoidën | |
| partitive | *laihnada | *laihnoida | |
| inessive | *laihnassa *laihnahna |
*laihnoissa *laihnoihna | |
| elative | *laihnasta | *laihnoista | |
| illative | *laihnahën | *laihnoihën | |
| adessive | *laihnalla | *laihnoilla | |
| ablative | *laihnalta | *laihnoilta | |
| allative | *laihnalën *laihnalëk |
*laihnoilën *laihnoilëk | |
| essive | *laihnana | *laihnoina | |
| translative | *laihnaksi | *laihnoiksi | |
| instructive | *laihnan | *laihnoin | |
| comitative | *laihnanëk | *laihnoinëk | |
| abessive | *laihnatta | *laihnoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: laen
- Finnish: laina, laihna
- Ingrian: laina
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: laihina
- South Karelian: laihna
- Livvi: laihin
- Ludian: laihina
- Võro: lain
References
- “laen”, 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][2] (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