Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanko

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic, compare Proto-Germanic *galangaz (whence Old English gelang and Old High German gilang (“relative, brother-in-law”)) and *bilangaz (whence Old Saxon bilang (“related, connected”)).

Noun

*lanko

1. relative by marriage, affinal relative

Inflection

Inflection of *lanko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lanko	*langot
accusative		*langon	*langot
genitive		*langon	*lankodën *lankoidën
partitive		*lankoda	*lankoida
inessive		*langossa *langohna	*langoissa *langoihna
elative		*langosta	*langoista
illative		*lankohën	*lankoihën
adessive		*langolla	*langoilla
ablative		*langolta	*langoilta
allative		*lankolën *lankolëk	*lankoilën *lankoilëk
essive		*lankona	*lankoina
translative		*langoksi	*langoiksi
instructive		*langon	*langoin
comitative		*lankonëk	*lankoinëk
abessive		*langotta	*langoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lang
• Finnish: lanko
• Ingrian: lanko
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lanko
  • South Karelian: lango
• Võro: lang
• Votic: lanko

Further reading

• “lang”, 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), “lanko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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