Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëko
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lēgō (whence Old Norse lág (“felled tree, log”)). Doublet of *lëëka and possibly also *laho.
Noun
*lëëko (Northern Finnic)
- fallen, rotten or waterlogged tree trunk
Inflection
Inflection of *lëëko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lëëko | *lëëgot | |
| accusative | *lëëgon | *lëëgot | |
| genitive | *lëëgon | *lëëkodën *lëëkoidën | |
| partitive | *lëëkoda | *lëëkoida | |
| inessive | *lëëgossa *lëëgohna |
*lëëgoissa *lëëgoihna | |
| elative | *lëëgosta | *lëëgoista | |
| illative | *lëëkohën | *lëëkoihën | |
| adessive | *lëëgolla | *lëëgoilla | |
| ablative | *lëëgolta | *lëëgoilta | |
| allative | *lëëkolën *lëëkolëk |
*lëëkoilën *lëëkoilëk | |
| essive | *lëëkona | *lëëkoina | |
| translative | *lëëgoksi | *lëëgoiksi | |
| instructive | *lëëgon | *lëëgoin | |
| comitative | *lëëkonëk | *lëëkoinëk | |
| abessive | *lëëgotta | *lëëgoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lieko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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