Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakja

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 either from Proto-Germanic *flakaz, *flakją, or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*lāgijaʀ) (whence Old Norse lægr).

Adjective

*lakja[1]

  1. wide, broad

Inflection

Inflection of *lakja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lakja *lakjat
accusative *lakjan *lakjat
genitive *lakjan *lakjadën
*lakjoidën
partitive *lakjada *lakjoida
inessive *lakjassa
*lakjahna 		*lakjoissa
*lakjoihna
elative *lakjasta *lakjoista
illative *lakjahën *lakjoihën
adessive *lakjalla *lakjoilla
ablative *lakjalta *lakjoilta
allative *lakjalën
*lakjalëk 		*lakjoilën
*lakjoilëk
essive *lakjana *lakjoina
translative *lakjaksi *lakjoiksi
instructive *lakjan *lakjoin
comitative *lakjanëk *lakjoinëk
abessive *lakjatta *lakjoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: lai
  • Finnish: laaja
  • Ingrian: laija
  • Livonian: laigā
  • Võro: lag'a, lagja
  • Votic: ladʹdʹõ

References

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

Further reading

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