Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leevä

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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 *hlēwaz.

Adjective

*leevä

  1. (of weather) mild, temperate
Descendants

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly but not certainly a semantic development from etymology 1.

Adjective

*leevä (Northern Finnic)

  1. (of yarn) lightly twisted or spun
  2. mild, weak
Descendants
  • Finnish: lievä
  • Ingrian: lievä
  • Karelian: lievä
  • Ludian: ľiev
  • Veps: lev, leb

References

  • “leebe”, 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
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