Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëuka
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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
Suggested to be a borrowing from early Proto-Baltic *leukā (“glands in an animal's neck”) (whence e.g. Lithuanian liauka (“gland”)). Several descendants (Ingrian, eastern dialects of Finnish, Karelian, Lule Sami) have a secondary meaning "part in a seine delineating the entrance to the bottommost section".
Noun
*lëuka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lëuka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lëuka | *lëugat | |
| accusative | *lëugan | *lëugat | |
| genitive | *lëugan | *lëukadën *lëukëidën | |
| partitive | *lëukada | *lëukëida | |
| inessive | *lëugassa *lëugahna |
*lëugëissa *lëugëihna | |
| elative | *lëugasta | *lëugëista | |
| illative | *lëukahën | *lëukëihën | |
| adessive | *lëugalla | *lëugëilla | |
| ablative | *lëugalta | *lëugëilta | |
| allative | *lëukalën *lëukalëk |
*lëukëilën *lëukëilëk | |
| essive | *lëukana | *lëukëina | |
| translative | *lëugaksi | *lëugëiksi | |
| instructive | *lëugan | *lëugëin | |
| comitative | *lëukanëk | *lëukëinëk | |
| abessive | *lëugatta | *lëugëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lõug
- Finnish: leuka
- Ingrian: leuka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lȭga
- Livvi: leugu
- Ludian: löug
- Veps: löug
- Võro: lõug
- Votic: lõukõ
- → Lule Sami: leuke
References
Further reading
- “lõug”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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