Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/linko
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to sling”).
Noun edit
*linko
- sling (instrument for throwing)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *linko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *linko | *lingot | |
| accusative | *lingon | *lingot | |
| genitive | *lingon | *linkodën *linkoidën | |
| partitive | *linkoda | *linkoida | |
| inessive | *lingossa *lingohna |
*lingoissa *lingoihna | |
| elative | *lingosta | *lingoista | |
| illative | *linkohën | *linkoihën | |
| adessive | *lingolla | *lingoilla | |
| ablative | *lingolta | *lingoilta | |
| allative | *linkolën *linkolëk |
*linkoilën *linkoilëk | |
| essive | *linkona | *linkoina | |
| translative | *lingoksi | *lingoiksi | |
| instructive | *lingon | *lingoin | |
| comitative | *linkonëk | *linkoinëk | |
| abessive | *lingotta | *lingoitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ling”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012