Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laikka
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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 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.
Noun
*laikka
Inflection
Inflection of *laikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laikka | *laik'at | |
| accusative | *laik'an | *laik'at | |
| genitive | *laik'an | *laikkadën *laikkoidën | |
| partitive | *laikkada | *laikkoida | |
| inessive | *laik'assa *laik'ahna |
*laik'oissa *laik'oihna | |
| elative | *laik'asta | *laik'oista | |
| illative | *laikkahën | *laikkoihën | |
| adessive | *laik'alla | *laik'oilla | |
| ablative | *laik'alta | *laik'oilta | |
| allative | *laikkalën *laikkalëk |
*laikkoilën *laikkoilëk | |
| essive | *laikkana | *laikkoina | |
| translative | *laik'aksi | *laik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *laik'an | *laik'oin | |
| comitative | *laikkanëk | *laikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *laik'atta | *laik'oitta | |
Descendants
From *laikka:
- Finnish: laikka
From *laikku, *laikko:
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laikaz (whence Old English lāc (“gift, offering”)).
Noun
*laikka
Inflection
Inflection of *laikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laikka | *laik'at | |
| accusative | *laik'an | *laik'at | |
| genitive | *laik'an | *laikkadën *laikkoidën | |
| partitive | *laikkada | *laikkoida | |
| inessive | *laik'assa *laik'ahna |
*laik'oissa *laik'oihna | |
| elative | *laik'asta | *laik'oista | |
| illative | *laikkahën | *laikkoihën | |
| adessive | *laik'alla | *laik'oilla | |
| ablative | *laik'alta | *laik'oilta | |
| allative | *laikkalën *laikkalëk |
*laikkoilën *laikkoilëk | |
| essive | *laikkana | *laikkoina | |
| translative | *laik'aksi | *laik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *laik'an | *laik'oin | |
| comitative | *laikkanëk | *laikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *laik'atta | *laik'oitta | |
Descendants
From *laikka:
- Finnish: (dialectal) laikka
From *laikko:
- Finnish: (dialectal) laikko
Further reading
- “laik”, 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), “laikka”, 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