Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanka
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô (whence Icelandic langi (“rectum of a bovine”)), from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Cognate with Proto-Samic *luoŋkē (“rectum”).
Noun
[edit]*lanka[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *lanka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *lanka | *langat | |
accusative | *langan | *langat | |
genitive | *langan | *lankadën *lankoidën | |
partitive | *lankada | *lankoida | |
inessive | *langassa *langahna |
*langoissa *langoihna | |
elative | *langasta | *langoista | |
illative | *lankahën | *lankoihën | |
adessive | *langalla | *langoilla | |
ablative | *langalta | *langoilta | |
allative | *lankalën *lankalëk |
*lankoilën *lankoilëk | |
essive | *lankana | *lankoina | |
translative | *langaksi | *langoiksi | |
instructive | *langan | *langoin | |
comitative | *lankanëk | *lankoinëk | |
abessive | *langatta | *langoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: lõng
- Finnish: lanka
- Ingrian: lanka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lānga
- Livvi: langu
- Ludian: lang
- Veps: lang
- Võro: lang
- Votic: lõnkõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lõng”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012