Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lukko

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *lukǭ (whence Icelandic loka), related to Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun edit

*lukko[1]

  1. lock; latch, bolt

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: lukk
  • Finnish: lukko
  • Veps: lukkol
  • Võro: lukk
  • Votic: lukko

From *lukku:

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lukko”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

  • lukk”, 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), “lukko”, 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