Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lagas
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *slagiz, *slagaz.[1]
Noun
edit*lagas (Northern Finnic)
- swath (width of a stroke of a scythe when reaping hay; track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Inflection
editInflection of *lagas
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 | *lagas | *lakahët | |
accusative | *lakahën | *lakahët | |
genitive | *lakahën | *lagastën *lakahidën | |
partitive | *lagasta | *lakahita | |
inessive | *lakahëssa *lakahëhna |
*lakahissa *lakahihna | |
elative | *lakahësta | *lakahista | |
illative | *lakahësën | *lakahisën | |
adessive | *lakahëlla | *lakahilla | |
ablative | *lakahëlta | *lakahilta | |
allative | *lakahëlën *lakahëlëk |
*lakahilën *lakahilëk | |
essive | *lagassa | *lakahina | |
translative | *lakahëksi | *lakahiksi | |
instructive | *lakahën | *lakahin | |
comitative | *lagassëk | *lakahinëk | |
abessive | *lakahëtta | *lakahitta |
Descendants
editFrom *lagas:
- Finnish: (dialectal) laas
From *lagis:
- Finnish: (dialectal) lais
From *lagës:
From *lagëh:
- Finnish: (dialectal) lae
References
edit- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “laas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN