Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liiva
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian glīve, Lithuanian glyvas).
Noun edit
*liiva
Inflection edit
Inflection of *liiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liiva | *liivat | |
| accusative | *liivan | *liivat | |
| genitive | *liivan | *liivadën *liivoidën | |
| partitive | *liivada | *liivoida | |
| inessive | *liivassa *liivahna |
*liivoissa *liivoihna | |
| elative | *liivasta | *liivoista | |
| illative | *liivahën | *liivoihën | |
| adessive | *liivalla | *liivoilla | |
| ablative | *liivalta | *liivoilta | |
| allative | *liivalën *liivalëk |
*liivoilën *liivoilëk | |
| essive | *liivana | *liivoina | |
| translative | *liivaksi | *liivoiksi | |
| instructive | *liivan | *liivoin | |
| comitative | *liivanëk | *liivoinëk | |
| abessive | *liivatta | *liivoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: liiv
- → Finnish: (dialectal) liiva (islands on the Gulf of Finland and Kymenlaakso coast)
- Ingrian: liiva
- Võro: liiv
- Votic: liivõ
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slīwą (whence Icelandic slý).
Noun edit
*liiva
Inflection edit
Inflection of *liiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liiva | *liivat | |
| accusative | *liivan | *liivat | |
| genitive | *liivan | *liivadën *liivoidën | |
| partitive | *liivada | *liivoida | |
| inessive | *liivassa *liivahna |
*liivoissa *liivoihna | |
| elative | *liivasta | *liivoista | |
| illative | *liivahën | *liivoihën | |
| adessive | *liivalla | *liivoilla | |
| ablative | *liivalta | *liivoilta | |
| allative | *liivalën *liivalëk |
*liivoilën *liivoilëk | |
| essive | *liivana | *liivoina | |
| translative | *liivaksi | *liivoiksi | |
| instructive | *liivan | *liivoin | |
| comitative | *liivanëk | *liivoinëk | |
| abessive | *liivatta | *liivoitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “liiv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012