Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/looko

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 from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare dialectal Swedish slog (“haymaking”) and Icelandic slægja (“newly-harvested grass”)).

Noun

*looko

  1. windrow (cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field)

Inflection

Inflection of *looko
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *looko *loogot
accusative *loogon *loogot
genitive *loogon *lookodën
*lookoidën
partitive *lookoda *lookoida
inessive *loogossa
*loogohna 		*loogoissa
*loogoihna
elative *loogosta *loogoista
illative *lookohën *lookoihën
adessive *loogolla *loogoilla
ablative *loogolta *loogoilta
allative *lookolën
*lookolëk 		*lookoilën
*lookoilëk
essive *lookona *lookoina
translative *loogoksi *loogoiksi
instructive *loogon *loogoin
comitative *lookonëk *lookoinëk
abessive *loogotta *loogoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: loog
  • Finnish: luoko
    • → Northern Sami: luohku
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: luogo
  • Ludian: luog
  • Veps: logo
  • Votic: looko, (rare) looku

Further reading

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