Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/leinä

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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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian kliens (“thin, withered”), Lithuanian klienas (“thin, skinny”)).

Adjective

*leinä[1]

  1. weak, feeble
  2. sad

Noun

*leinä[1]

  1. grief, sorrow

Inflection

Inflection of *leinä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *leinä *leinät
accusative *leinän *leinät
genitive *leinän *leinäden
*leineiden
partitive *leinädä *leineidä
inessive *leinässä
*leinähnä 		*leineissä
*leineihnä
elative *leinästä *leineistä
illative *leinähen *leineihen
adessive *leinällä *leineillä
ablative *leinältä *leineiltä
allative *leinälen
*leinälek 		*leineilen
*leineilek
essive *leinänä *leineinä
translative *leinäksi *leineiksi
instructive *leinän *leinein
comitative *leinänek *leineinek
abessive *leinättä *leineittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: lein
  • Finnish: (archaic) leina, leino
  • Ingrian: leina
  • Karelian: leinä
  • Livvi: leiny
  • Võro: lein

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*leinä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “lein”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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