Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëuka
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editSuggested to be a borrowing from early Proto-Baltic *leukā (“glands in an animal's neck”) (whence e.g. Lithuanian liauka (“gland”)). Several descendants (Ingrian, eastern dialects of Finnish, Karelian, Lule Sami) have a secondary meaning "part in a seine delineating the entrance to the bottommost section".
Noun
edit*lëuka[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *lëuka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *lëuka | *lëugat | |
accusative | *lëugan | *lëugat | |
genitive | *lëugan | *lëukadën *lëukëidën | |
partitive | *lëukada | *lëukëida | |
inessive | *lëugassa *lëugahna |
*lëugëissa *lëugëihna | |
elative | *lëugasta | *lëugëista | |
illative | *lëukahën | *lëukëihën | |
adessive | *lëugalla | *lëugëilla | |
ablative | *lëugalta | *lëugëilta | |
allative | *lëukalën *lëukalëk |
*lëukëilën *lëukëilëk | |
essive | *lëukana | *lëukëina | |
translative | *lëugaksi | *lëugëiksi | |
instructive | *lëugan | *lëugëin | |
comitative | *lëukanëk | *lëukëinëk | |
abessive | *lëugatta | *lëugëitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: lõug
- Finnish: leuka
- Ingrian: leuka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lȭga
- Livvi: leugu
- Ludian: löug
- Veps: löug
- Võro: lõug
- Votic: lõukõ
- → Lule Sami: leuke
References
editFurther reading
edit- “lõug”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN