Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanko

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic, compare Proto-Germanic *galangaz (whence Old English gelang and Old High German gilang (relative, brother-in-law)) and *bilangaz (whence Old Saxon bilang (related, connected)).

Noun

*lanko[1]

  1. relative by marriage, affinal relative

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lang
  • Finnish: lanko
  • Ingrian: lanko
  • Karelian:
  • Võro: lang
  • Votic: lanko

Further reading

  • lang”, 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), “lanko”, in 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

References

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