Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanko
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]
Inflection
Inflection of *lanko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lanko | *langot | |
| accusative | *langon | *langot | |
| genitive | *langon | *lankodën *lankoidën | |
| partitive | *lankoda | *lankoida | |
| inessive | *langossa *langohna |
*langoissa *langoihna | |
| elative | *langosta | *langoista | |
| illative | *lankohën | *lankoihën | |
| adessive | *langolla | *langoilla | |
| ablative | *langolta | *langoilta | |
| allative | *lankolën *lankolëk |
*lankoilën *lankoilëk | |
| essive | *lankona | *lankoina | |
| translative | *langoksi | *langoiksi | |
| instructive | *langon | *langoin | |
| comitative | *lankonëk | *lankoinëk | |
| abessive | *langotta | *langoitta | |
Descendants
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