Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lagas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *slagiz, *slagaz.

Noun

*lagas (Northern Finnic)

1. swath (width of a stroke of a scythe when reaping hay; track cut out by a scythe in mowing)

Inflection

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

From *lagas:

• Finnish: (dialectal) laas

From *lagis:

• Finnish: (dialectal) lais

From *lagës:

• Finnish: (dialectal) laes, ⇒ lakeinen

From *lagëh:

• Finnish: (dialectal) lae

Further reading

• 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