Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëtva

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

Sound-symbolic.

Adjective

*lëtva

1. limp, flaccid, flabby, soft

Inflection

Inflection of *lëtva

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lëtva	*lëtvat
accusative		*lëtvan	*lëtvat
genitive		*lëtvan	*lëtvadën *lëtvoidën
partitive		*lëtvada	*lëtvoida
inessive		*lëtvassa *lëtvahna	*lëtvoissa *lëtvoihna
elative		*lëtvasta	*lëtvoista
illative		*lëtvahën	*lëtvoihën
adessive		*lëtvalla	*lëtvoilla
ablative		*lëtvalta	*lëtvoilta
allative		*lëtvalën *lëtvalëk	*lëtvoilën *lëtvoilëk
essive		*lëtvana	*lëtvoina
translative		*lëtvaksi	*lëtvoiksi
instructive		*lëtvan	*lëtvoin
comitative		*lëtvanëk	*lëtvoinëk
abessive		*lëtvatta	*lëtvoitta

Descendants

From *lëtva:

• Estonian: lõtv
• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) ⇒ letvakka
• Võro: lõtv

From *letvä:

• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) lelvä

Further reading

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