Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lebeh

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

Possibly related to *levä-.

Noun

*lebeh

  1. fluff, fluff of wool

Inflection

Inflection of *lebeh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lebeh *lepehet
accusative *lepehen *lepehet
genitive *lepehen *lebehten
*lepehiden
partitive *lebehtä *lepehitä
inessive *lepehessä
*lepehehnä 		*lepehissä
*lepehihnä
elative *lepehestä *lepehistä
illative *lepehesen *lepehisen
adessive *lepehellä *lepehillä
ablative *lepeheltä *lepehiltä
allative *lepehelen
*lepehelek 		*lepehilen
*lepehilek
essive *lepehenä *lepehinä
translative *lepeheksi *lepehiksi
instructive *lepehen *lepehin
comitative *lepehenek *lepehinek
abessive *lepehettä *lepehittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: leve
  • Ingrian: leve
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: leveh
  • Livvi: leveh
  • Ludian: lebeh
  • Votic: leve

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “leve”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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