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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laki

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 [Term?] (whence Old Norse flaki).

Noun

*laki

  1. ceiling

Inflection
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
  • Estonian: lagi
  • Finnish: laki
  • Ingrian: laki
  • Karelian: laki (Northern), lagi (Southern)
  • Livonian: la’ggõz
  • Livvi: lagi
  • Ludian: lagi
  • Veps: lagi
  • Võro: lagi
  • Votic: (Kattila) latši

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