Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liika
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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]From earlier *lëjka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lieks), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.
Noun
[edit]*liika[1]
Adjective
[edit]*liika[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *liika
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *liika | *liigat | |
| accusative | *liigan | *liigat | |
| genitive | *liigan | *liikadën *liikoidën | |
| partitive | *liikada | *liikoida | |
| inessive | *liigassa *liigahna |
*liigoissa *liigoihna | |
| elative | *liigasta | *liigoista | |
| illative | *liikahën | *liikoihën | |
| adessive | *liigalla | *liigoilla | |
| ablative | *liigalta | *liigoilta | |
| allative | *liikalën *liikalëk |
*liikoilën *liikoilëk | |
| essive | *liikana | *liikoina | |
| translative | *liigaksi | *liigoiksi | |
| instructive | *liigan | *liigoin | |
| comitative | *liikanëk | *liikoinëk | |
| abessive | *liigatta | *liigoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: liig, ⇒ liiga
- Finnish: liika
- Ingrian: liika
- Karelian: liika, liiga
- Livvi: liigu
- Ludian: liig
- Veps: liig
- Võro: liig
- Votic: liikõ
- → Proto-Samic: *lijkē
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “liig”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012