Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leski

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

Unknown

Noun

*leski^[1]

widow, widower

Inflection

Inflection of *leski

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*leski	*lesket
accusative	*lesken	*lesket
genitive	*lesken	leskeden leskiden
partitive	*leskedä	*leskidä
inessive	leskessä leskehnä	leskissä leskihnä
elative	*leskestä	*leskistä
illative	*leskehen	*leskihen
adessive	*leskellä	*leskillä
ablative	*leskeltä	*leskiltä
allative	leskelen leskelek	leskilen leskilek
essive	*leskenä	*leskinä
translative	*leskeksi	*leskiksi
instructive	*lesken	*leskin
comitative	*leskenek	*leskinek
abessive	*leskettä	*leskittä

Descendants

Estonian: lesk
Finnish: leski
Ingrian: leski
Karelian: leški
Livonian: lešk
Livvi: leski
Ludian: lešk
Veps: lesk
Võro: läsk'
Votic: lehtši
→ Akkala Sami: leask
→ Inari Sami: leskâ
→ Kildin Sami: ле̄сск (liessk)
→ Lule Sami: läska
→ Northern Sami: leaska
→ Skolt Sami: liâskk

References

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

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

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