Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ludëk

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

Probably sound-symbolic, compare *lat'ikka.

Noun

*ludëk

1. (flat) parasitic insect/worm

Inflection

Inflection of *ludëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ludëk	*lutëgët
accusative		*lutëgën	*lutëgët
genitive		*lutëgën	*lutëgëdën *lutëgidën
partitive		*lutëgëta	*lutëgita
inessive		*lutëgëssa *lutëgëhna	*lutëgissa *lutëgihna
elative		*lutëgësta	*lutëgista
illative		*lutëgësën	*lutëgisën
adessive		*lutëgëlla	*lutëgilla
ablative		*lutëgëlta	*lutëgilta
allative		*lutëgëlën *lutëgëlëk	*lutëgilën *lutëgilëk
essive		*lutëgëna	*lutëgina
translative		*lutëgëksi	*lutëgiksi
instructive		*lutëgën	*lutëgin
comitative		*lutëgënëk	*lutëginëk
abessive		*lutëgëtta	*lutëgitta

Descendants

• Finnish: lude (“bedbug”)
• Ludian: lude (“bedbug”)
• Veps: ludeg (“bedbug”)
• Võro: lutõq (“liver fluke”)

From *lutikka, *lutik'as:

• Estonian: lutikas
• Finnish: lutikka
• ⇒ Ingrian: lucikkain
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lutikka
  • South Karelian: lutikka
• Livvi: lutikku
• Ludian: lutik
• Votic: lutikka
• → Komi-Zyrian: лудік (ludik)

Further reading

• “lutikas”, 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), “lude”, in 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