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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/louna

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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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From Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna, whence also Komi-Permyak лун (lun).

Many descendants have added a suffix, like *-s or *-t. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. what is *-t? descendants might need to be grouped

Noun

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*louna[1]

  1. noon, midday
  2. south-southwest
  3. lunch (midday meal)

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*louna⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • lõuna”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1391 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.