Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laki
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flakô (whence Old Norse flaki (“wicker-work shield, barrier, or covering”)). Doublet of *lakka
Noun
[edit]*laki[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *laki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laki | *lagët | |
| accusative | *lagën | *lagët | |
| genitive | *lagën | *lakëdën *lakidën | |
| partitive | *lakëda | *lakida | |
| inessive | *lagëssa *lagëhna |
*lagissa *lagihna | |
| elative | *lagësta | *lagista | |
| illative | *lakëhën | *lakihën | |
| adessive | *lagëlla | *lagilla | |
| ablative | *lagëlta | *lagilta | |
| allative | *lakëlën *lakëlëk |
*lakilën *lakilëk | |
| essive | *lakëna | *lakina | |
| translative | *lagëksi | *lagiksi | |
| instructive | *lagën | *lagin | |
| comitative | *lakënëk | *lakinëk | |
| abessive | *lagëtta | *lagitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: lagi
- Finnish: laki
- Ingrian: laki
- → Votic: laki
- Karelian:
- Livonian: la’ggõz
- Livvi: lagi
- Ludian: lagi
- Veps: lagi
- Võro: lagi
- Votic: (Kattila) latši
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lagi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012