Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/louna
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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
From Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna, whence also Komi-Permyak лун (lun).
Many descendants have added a suffix, like *-s or *-t. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. what is *-t? descendants might need to be grouped
Noun
*louna[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *louna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *louna | *lounat | |
| accusative | *lounan | *lounat | |
| genitive | *lounan | *lounadën *lounëidën | |
| partitive | *lounada | *lounëida | |
| inessive | *lounassa *lounahna |
*lounëissa *lounëihna | |
| elative | *lounasta | *lounëista | |
| illative | *lounahën | *lounëihën | |
| adessive | *lounalla | *lounëilla | |
| ablative | *lounalta | *lounëilta | |
| allative | *lounalën *lounalëk |
*lounëilën *lounëilëk | |
| essive | *lounana | *lounëina | |
| translative | *lounaksi | *lounëiksi | |
| instructive | *lounan | *lounëin | |
| comitative | *lounanëk | *lounëinëk | |
| abessive | *lounatta | *lounëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lõuna
- Finnish: lounas, (dialectal, obsolete) louna
- Ingrian: lounat
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lȭnag
- Livvi: lounad, lounai
- Ludian: lounaine
- Veps: louna
- Võro: lõunaq
- Votic: lõunõd, (Itšäpäivä, Kõrvõttula) lõunaz
- → Latvian: launags
- → Lithuanian: launagas
References
Further reading
- “lõuna”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1391 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.