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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakja

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 either from Proto-Germanic *flakaz, *flakją, or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*lāgijaʀ) (whence Old Norse lægr).

Adjective

*lakja

  1. wide, broad

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: lai
    • ? Ingrian: laija
  • Finnish: laaja
    • Karelian: loaja
  • Livonian: laigā
  • Võro: lag'a, lagja
  • Votic: ladʹdʹõ

Further reading

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