Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liika
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *lëjka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lieks), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.
Noun
edit*liika
Adjective
edit*liika
Inflection
editInflection of *liika
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 | *liika | *liigat | |
accusative | *liigan | *liigat | |
genitive | *liigan | *liikadën *liikoidën | |
partitive | *liikada | *liikoida | |
inessive | *liigassa *liigahna |
*liigoissa *liigoihna | |
elative | *liigasta | *liigoista | |
illative | *liikahën | *liikoihën | |
adessive | *liigalla | *liigoilla | |
ablative | *liigalta | *liigoilta | |
allative | *liikalën *liikalëk |
*liikoilën *liikoilëk | |
essive | *liikana | *liikoina | |
translative | *liigaksi | *liigoiksi | |
instructive | *liigan | *liigoin | |
comitative | *liikanëk | *liikoinëk | |
abessive | *liigatta | *liigoitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: liig, ⇒ liiga
- Finnish: liika
- Ingrian: liika
- Karelian: liika, liiga
- Livvi: liigu
- Ludian: liig
- Veps: liig
- Võro: liig
- Votic: liikõ
- → Proto-Samic: *lijkē
Further reading
edit- “liig”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012