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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably related to *lëëkkudak and ultimately of sound-symbolic origin.
Noun
*leekki[1]
- flame
Declension
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*leekki
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*leek'it
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accusative
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*leek'in
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*leek'it
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genitive
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*leek'in
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*leekkiden *leekkejiden
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partitive
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*leekkidä
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*leekkejitä
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inessive
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*leek'issä *leek'ihnä
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*leekkejissä *leekkejihnä
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elative
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*leek'istä
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*leekkejistä
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illative
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*leekkihen
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*leekkejisen
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adessive
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*leek'illä
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*leekkejillä
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ablative
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*leek'iltä
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*leekkejiltä
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allative
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*leekkilen *leekkilek
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*leekkejilen *leekkejilek
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essive
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*leekkinä
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*leekkejinä
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translative
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*leek'iksi
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*leekkejiksi
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instructive
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*leek'in
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*leekkejin
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comitative
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*leekkinek
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*leekkejinek
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abessive
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*leek'ittä
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*leekkejittä
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*leekki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “leek”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012