Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/looko

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare dialectal Swedish slog (haymaking) and Icelandic slægja (newly-harvested grass)).

Noun

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*looko

  1. windrow (cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: loog
  • Finnish: luoko
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: luogo
  • Ludian: luog
  • Veps: logo
  • Votic: looko, (rare) looku

Further reading

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  • loog”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012