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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanci

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

From Proto-Uralic *lënte.

Noun

*lanci

  1. lowland, wetland

Inflection
Inflection of *lanci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lanci *landët
accusative *landën *landët
genitive *landën *lat'ën
*lancidën
partitive *latta *lancida
inessive *landëssa
*landëhna		 *lancissa
*lancihna
elative *landësta *lancista
illative *lantëhën *lancihën
adessive *landëlla *lancilla
ablative *landëlta *lancilta
allative *lantëlën
*lantëlëk		 *lancilën
*lancilëk
essive *lantëna *lancina
translative *landëksi *lanciksi
instructive *landën *lancin
comitative *lantënëk *lancinëk
abessive *landëtta *lancitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: laas (“old-growth forest”)
  • Finnish: (dialectal, obsolete) lansi (“lowland, wetland”), ⇒ lannistaa
  • Livonian: lǭņtš (“lowland forest”)
  • Võro: laan' (“old-growth forest”)

Further reading
  • “laas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #455 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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