Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lanka
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô (whence Icelandic langi (“rectum of a bovine”)), from Proto-Germanic *langaz. Cognate with Proto-Samic *luoŋkē (“rectum”).
Noun[edit]
*lanka[1]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *lanka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lanka | *langat | |
| accusative | *langan | *langat | |
| genitive | *langan | *lankadën *lankoidën | |
| partitive | *lankada | *lankoida | |
| inessive | *langassa *langahna |
*langoissa *langoihna | |
| elative | *langasta | *langoista | |
| illative | *lankahën | *lankoihën | |
| adessive | *langalla | *langoilla | |
| ablative | *langalta | *langoilta | |
| allative | *lankalën *lankalëk |
*lankoilën *lankoilëk | |
| essive | *lankana | *lankoina | |
| translative | *langaksi | *langoiksi | |
| instructive | *langan | *langoin | |
| comitative | *lankanëk | *lankoinëk | |
| abessive | *langatta | *langoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: lõng
- Finnish: lanka
- Ingrian: lanka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lānga
- Livvi: langu
- Ludian: lang
- Veps: lang
- Võro: lang
- Votic: lõnkõ
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lõng”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012