Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakja
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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 either from Proto-Germanic *flakaz, *flakją, or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*lāgijaʀ) (whence Old Norse lægr).
Adjective
[edit]*lakja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *lakja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lakja | *lakjat | |
| accusative | *lakjan | *lakjat | |
| genitive | *lakjan | *lakjadën *lakjoidën | |
| partitive | *lakjada | *lakjoida | |
| inessive | *lakjassa *lakjahna |
*lakjoissa *lakjoihna | |
| elative | *lakjasta | *lakjoista | |
| illative | *lakjahën | *lakjoihën | |
| adessive | *lakjalla | *lakjoilla | |
| ablative | *lakjalta | *lakjoilta | |
| allative | *lakjalën *lakjalëk |
*lakjoilën *lakjoilëk | |
| essive | *lakjana | *lakjoina | |
| translative | *lakjaksi | *lakjoiksi | |
| instructive | *lakjan | *lakjoin | |
| comitative | *lakjanëk | *lakjoinëk | |
| abessive | *lakjatta | *lakjoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: lai
- →? Ingrian: laija
- Finnish: laaja
- → Karelian: luaja
- Livonian: laigā
- Võro: lag'a, lagja
- Votic: ladʹdʹõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lai”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012