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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lëvo

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 *hlewą (whence Old Norse and Icelandic hlé (“shelter”))[1].

Noun

*lëvo (Northern Finnic)

  1. roof
    Synonyms: *katto, *kat'us

Inflection
Inflection of *lëvo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lëvo *lëvot
accusative *lëvon *lëvot
genitive *lëvon *lëvodën
*lëvoidën
partitive *lëvoda *lëvoida
inessive *lëvossa
*lëvohna		 *lëvoissa
*lëvoihna
elative *lëvosta *lëvoista
illative *lëvohën *lëvoihën
adessive *lëvolla *lëvoilla
ablative *lëvolta *lëvoilta
allative *lëvolën
*lëvolëk		 *lëvoilën
*lëvoilëk
essive *lëvona *lëvoina
translative *lëvoksi *lëvoiksi
instructive *lëvon *lëvoin
comitative *lëvonëk *lëvoinëk
abessive *lëvotta *lëvoitta

Descendants
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: levo
  • Livvi: levo
  • Ludian: levo

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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