Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lagas
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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]Borrowed 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
[edit]Inflection 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]From *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