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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laiska

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

Unclear. Likely akin to Latvian laĩsks (“lazy”), though the direction of the borrowing is unclear.

Adjective

*laiska

  1. lazy

Inflection
Inflection of *laiska
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *laiska *laiskat
accusative *laiskan *laiskat
genitive *laiskan *laiskadën
*laiskoidën
partitive *laiskada *laiskoida
inessive *laiskassa
*laiskahna		 *laiskoissa
*laiskoihna
elative *laiskasta *laiskoista
illative *laiskahën *laiskoihën
adessive *laiskalla *laiskoilla
ablative *laiskalta *laiskoilta
allative *laiskalën
*laiskalëk		 *laiskoilën
*laiskoilëk
essive *laiskana *laiskoina
translative *laiskaksi *laiskoiksi
instructive *laiskan *laiskoin
comitative *laiskanëk *laiskoinëk
abessive *laiskatta *laiskoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: laisk
  • Finnish: laiska
  • Ingrian: laiska
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: laiska
    • South Karelian: laiška
  • Livonian: lāiska
  • Livvi: lašku
  • Ludian: lašk
  • Veps: lašk
  • Võro: laisk
  • Votic: laiskõ
  • →? Latvian: laĩsks
  • → Proto-Samic: *lāškē (see there for further descendants)

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