Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liko

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 derived from *lika (“dirt, filth”).

Noun

*liko

1. soaking (the state of being soaked)
2. retting
3. rettery

Inflection

Inflection of *liko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*liko	*ligot
accusative		*ligon	*ligot
genitive		*ligon	*likodën *likoidën
partitive		*likoda	*likoida
inessive		*ligossa *ligohna	*ligoissa *ligoihna
elative		*ligosta	*ligoista
illative		*likohën	*likoihën
adessive		*ligolla	*ligoilla
ablative		*ligolta	*ligoilta
allative		*likolën *likolëk	*likoilën *likoilëk
essive		*likona	*likoina
translative		*ligoksi	*ligoiksi
instructive		*ligon	*ligoin
comitative		*likonëk	*likoinëk
abessive		*ligotta	*ligoitta

Derived terms

• *ligot'ak

Descendants

• Estonian: ligu
• Finnish: liko
• Ingrian: liko
• Karelian: (Northern) liko, (Southern) ligo
• Livvi: ligo
• Ludian: ligo
• Veps: ligo
• Võro: ligo
• Votic: (Mati) liko

Further reading

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