Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëka

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 early Proto-Germanic *lēgā (later *lēgō), whence also Middle Dutch lage (“trap, snare”). Doublet of *lëëko and possibly also *laho

Noun

*lëëka

1. tether

Inflection

Inflection of *lëëka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lëëka	*lëëgat
accusative		*lëëgan	*lëëgat
genitive		*lëëgan	*lëëkadën *lëëkoidën
partitive		*lëëkada	*lëëkoida
inessive		*lëëgassa *lëëgahna	*lëëgoissa *lëëgoihna
elative		*lëëgasta	*lëëgoista
illative		*lëëkahën	*lëëkoihën
adessive		*lëëgalla	*lëëgoilla
ablative		*lëëgalta	*lëëgoilta
allative		*lëëkalën *lëëkalëk	*lëëkoilën *lëëkoilëk
essive		*lëëkana	*lëëkoina
translative		*lëëgaksi	*lëëgoiksi
instructive		*lëëgan	*lëëgoin
comitative		*lëëkanëk	*lëëkoinëk
abessive		*lëëgatta	*lëëgoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lõõg
• Finnish: lieka
• Ingrian: leeka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lieka
  • South Karelian: liega
• Livvi: liegu
• Veps: leg
• Võro: lyig
• Votic: lõõkõ

Further reading

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