Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/leatēk
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Proto-Samic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *leedäk, whence Finnish forms of olla in lie- and Estonian leema, and Hungarian lesz and forms of van in l-.
Verb
[edit]*leatēk
- to be
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland