Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëtva
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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
Adjective
*lëtva[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lëtva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lëtva | *lëtvat | |
| accusative | *lëtvan | *lëtvat | |
| genitive | *lëtvan | *lëtvadën *lëtvoidën | |
| partitive | *lëtvada | *lëtvoida | |
| inessive | *lëtvassa *lëtvahna |
*lëtvoissa *lëtvoihna | |
| elative | *lëtvasta | *lëtvoista | |
| illative | *lëtvahën | *lëtvoihën | |
| adessive | *lëtvalla | *lëtvoilla | |
| ablative | *lëtvalta | *lëtvoilta | |
| allative | *lëtvalën *lëtvalëk |
*lëtvoilën *lëtvoilëk | |
| essive | *lëtvana | *lëtvoina | |
| translative | *lëtvaksi | *lëtvoiksi | |
| instructive | *lëtvan | *lëtvoin | |
| comitative | *lëtvanëk | *lëtvoinëk | |
| abessive | *lëtvatta | *lëtvoitta | |
Descendants
From *lëtva:
From *letvä:
- Finnish: (dialectal, rare) lelvä
References
Further reading
- “lõtv”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012