Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lakka

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse flaki). Doublet of *laki.

Noun

*lakka

1. canopy, shelter
2. loft, attic

Inflection

Inflection of *lakka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lakka	*lak'at
accusative		*lak'an	*lak'at
genitive		*lak'an	*lakkadën *lakkoidën
partitive		*lakkada	*lakkoida
inessive		*lak'assa *lak'ahna	*lak'oissa *lak'oihna
elative		*lak'asta	*lak'oista
illative		*lakkahën	*lakkoihën
adessive		*lak'alla	*lak'oilla
ablative		*lak'alta	*lak'oilta
allative		*lakkalën *lakkalëk	*lakkoilën *lakkoilëk
essive		*lakkana	*lakkoina
translative		*lak'aksi	*lak'oiksi
instructive		*lak'an	*lak'oin
comitative		*lakkanëk	*lakkoinëk
abessive		*lak'atta	*lak'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lakk
• Finnish: lakka
• Ingrian: lakka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lakka
  • South Karelian: lakka
• Livonian: lakād pl
• Livvi: lakku
• Võro: lakk
• Votic:
  • Kukkuzi: lakka

Further reading

• “lakk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lakka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN