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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lunas

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 *lunaz.

Noun

*lunas

  1. ransom

Inflection
Inflection of *lunas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lunas *lunahët
accusative *lunahën *lunahët
genitive *lunahën *lunastën
*lunahidën
partitive *lunasta *lunahita
inessive *lunahëssa
*lunahëhna		 *lunahissa
*lunahihna
elative *lunahësta *lunahista
illative *lunahësën *lunahisën
adessive *lunahëlla *lunahilla
ablative *lunahëlta *lunahilta
allative *lunahëlën
*lunahëlëk		 *lunahilën
*lunahilëk
essive *lunassa *lunahina
translative *lunahëksi *lunahiksi
instructive *lunahën *lunahin
comitative *lunassëk *lunahinëk
abessive *lunahëtta *lunahitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Finnish: lunas (obsolete)

From *luna

From *lunnas

  • Finnish: lunnaat pl, (rare) lunnas
  • Karelian: lunnas
  • → Inari Sami: lones
  • → Lule Sami: lånes
  • → Northern Sami: lonis

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