Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lako
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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 *lagą (whence Old Norse lag (“stratum, layer, due place, right position”)).
Noun
*lako[1]
- lodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)
Inflection
Inflection of *lako
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lako | *lagot | |
| accusative | *lagon | *lagot | |
| genitive | *lagon | *lakodën *lakoidën | |
| partitive | *lakoda | *lakoida | |
| inessive | *lagossa *lagohna |
*lagoissa *lagoihna | |
| elative | *lagosta | *lagoista | |
| illative | *lakohën | *lakoihën | |
| adessive | *lagolla | *lagoilla | |
| ablative | *lagolta | *lagoilta | |
| allative | *lakolën *lakolëk |
*lakoilën *lakoilëk | |
| essive | *lakona | *lakoina | |
| translative | *lagoksi | *lagoiksi | |
| instructive | *lagon | *lagoin | |
| comitative | *lakonëk | *lakoinëk | |
| abessive | *lagotta | *lagoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: lagu
- Finnish: lako
- Ingrian: lako
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lago
- Ludian: lago
- Veps: lago
- Votic: lako
References
Further reading
- “lagu”, 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), “lako”, 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