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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëëko

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lēgō (whence Old Norse lág (“felled tree, log”)). Doublet of *lëëka and possibly also *laho.

Noun

*lëëko (Northern Finnic)

  1. fallen, rotten or waterlogged tree trunk

Inflection
Inflection of *lëëko
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëëko *lëëgot
accusative *lëëgon *lëëgot
genitive *lëëgon *lëëkodën
*lëëkoidën
partitive *lëëkoda *lëëkoida
inessive *lëëgossa
*lëëgohna		 *lëëgoissa
*lëëgoihna
elative *lëëgosta *lëëgoista
illative *lëëkohën *lëëkoihën
adessive *lëëgolla *lëëgoilla
ablative *lëëgolta *lëëgoilta
allative *lëëkolën
*lëëkolëk		 *lëëkoilën
*lëëkoilëk
essive *lëëkona *lëëkoina
translative *lëëgoksi *lëëgoiksi
instructive *lëëgon *lëëgoin
comitative *lëëkonëk *lëëkoinëk
abessive *lëëgotta *lëëgoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: lieko
  • Karelian:

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lieko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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